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Ask HN: If you lived in China, how would you go around surveillance?

4 pointsby zabanaover 5 years ago
This would make for a really cool cyberpunk plot

6 comments

pmdulaneyover 5 years ago
The authors of #1 see the solution as &quot;obfuscation&quot;. I think they&#x27;re on to something important, especially when the entity seeking the information isn&#x27;t just a business wanting to grab what they can get away with, but rather a repressive state who will punish resistance.<p>So I guess I would put it this way: Seek to reduce the signal to noise in the information gathered about you.<p>#1 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thereader.mitpress.mit.edu&#x2F;the-fantasy-of-opting-out&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thereader.mitpress.mit.edu&#x2F;the-fantasy-of-opting-out...</a>
stuqqqover 5 years ago
Basically pretend to be a mindless cooperative citizen and say nothing in public and only be the true self in front of family and friends in private.
haecceityover 5 years ago
VPN and TLS ought to be sufficient. Sunglasses maybe?
JacobRiggsover 5 years ago
I&#x27;d leave.
978e4721aover 5 years ago
Wouldn&#x27;t bother me. Privacy should be reserved to your home.
Nextgridover 5 years ago
I would blend in with the crowd while doing my best to make enough money to escape. There&#x27;s no point taking any risks in a jurisdiction that doesn&#x27;t even understand basic human rights, and you ain&#x27;t fixing that either, at least not from the inside.