{"id":2709,"date":"2013-05-01T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T23:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2013-05-01T22:58:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:58:37","slug":"as-election-nears-malaysia-filters-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/05\/01\/as-election-nears-malaysia-filters-the-internet","title":{"rendered":"As election nears, Malaysia filters the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rusty<\/a>While I am not in Malaysia and cannot verify this myself, reliable sources have mentioned that there is filtering\/censorship happening in Malaysia on the Internet. This isn’t the first time Malaysia has played around with censorship<\/a>\/internet-censorship<\/a>, but it is a crucial time as the elections are on May 5 2013 and access to information is crucial now.<\/p>\n

The first I noted this:\u00a0TMNet’s filtering of +Malaysiakini video interviews of Bala’s widow<\/a>. This is a great analysis from the Sinar Project. To make matters more fun, read YouTube Deep Packet Inspection, All HTTP connections being MITMed<\/a>. This analysis comes from someone who works on CDNs and knows networking pretty well. There’s more at\u00a0LYN Uncovered the Truth; Our internet is monitored, BN BLOCKING SOME PKR\/DAP RELATED STUFF!<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more about deep packet inspection<\/a>. This is stuff used in China, Iran, Russia and even Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.<\/p>\n

What are your options?<\/p>\n

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  1. Use HTTPS where possible<\/li>\n
  2. Use a VPN that isn’t hosted in Malaysia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    HTTPS is nice. Facebook supports it. Malaysiakini<\/a> supports it. The Malaysian Insider needs to work on this. You can use a Firefox or Chrome plugin called HTTPS Everywhere<\/a> to assist here.<\/p>\n

    VPNs are a little more complex as they require setup and usually cost. Apparently there are free ones, as cited in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Spread the word. Ensure that people know this is what is happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    \"Join
    Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign!<\/a><\/div>\n

    Update Thu 2 May 2013 11:57:40 MYT<\/strong>: Sinar Project is collecting some resources<\/a> on this topic and constantly updating the site with a list of known blocked URLs.<\/p>\n

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