• relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works
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    “Some reports suggest that VLC Media Player has been banned in the country because the platform was used by China-backed hacking group Cicada for cyber attacks.”

    Odd reason

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    Maybe because VLC permits the download in streaming of Videos from YT and others.

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      According to Videolan org there is officially no motive communicated yet, but as the article points out there’s a correlation that some viruses used forked VLC as a means of reaching targets lately. It’s not far-fetched to imagine that someone, somewhere in an office who has no idea what “compiling” even means thought they need to block the (official) VLC website to stop the infections.

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        2 years ago

        Ok, the usual problem of legislators who correct a Word document with Tip-Ex

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    2 years ago

    Sometimes governments do really stupid things. It’s amazing people are find with expanding their scope of power.

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    I enjoy how this article makes you read through 4 summaries of the content before making you read through a lengthy explanation that no details are known.

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      maybe it depends on the ISP, I can’t access it. (if your ISP is airtel, most of these might not be blocked, not sure why but airtel tends to not block some of the sites that other ISPs do)