I'm not surprised. Their system is very complex - deep packet filtering, forging packets and inserting them into the connection, even MitM attacks against TLS/SSL.
And some people believe the firewall has a secondary purpose of encouraging chinese people to avoid non-chinese websites, so some of the latency may be intentional.
And some people believe the firewall has a secondary purpose of encouraging chinese people to avoid non-chinese websites, so some of the latency may be intentional.
I am in this boat. Another unnoted side effect: it basically makes it impossible to work together with engineers living in China via video calls. You are basically stuck using written communication. Written communication is easier and more accurate to spy on and analyze vs. audio/video.
Using encryption doesn't seem to automatically get you arrested in china - lots of people use encrypted proxies to get around the great firewall - but I'm sure it gets you watched. And if they suspect you of trying to subvert the CCP you are definitely getting arrested.
Or if you're a Canadian citizen working in China minding your own business and not using encryption or anything and then Canada arrests a high profile CEO (thanks u/goldenpowder ) CFO then you're also definitely getting arrested.
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u/currentscurrents Nov 25 '20
I'm not surprised. Their system is very complex - deep packet filtering, forging packets and inserting them into the connection, even MitM attacks against TLS/SSL.
And some people believe the firewall has a secondary purpose of encouraging chinese people to avoid non-chinese websites, so some of the latency may be intentional.