Pakistan blames users for slow internet as firewall rumours grow
Pakistan blames users for slow internet as firewall rumours grow
Authorities have blamed widespread VPN use for the crawling connections, which have caused concern.
As I am sure most here are aware, a VPN in and of itself doesn’t “slow the network down” for an entire country. An obviously complete lie.
Activists say the state is building a China-style internet firewall as it looks to exert further control over the online space.
As much as it slows down the internet, it seems like it might be worth it to just start using tor at all times for everything.
What makes you say Tor slows down the internet?
Because to go to a clearnet website through the tor network, you have three hops. And to go to a hidden service, you have six hops.
Clearnet: You, guard middle, exit, website <-> website, exit, middle, guard, you
Onion service You, guard, middle, your rendezvous, service rendezvous, service middle, service guard, service <-> service guard, service middle, service rendezvous, your rendezvous, your middle, your guard, you.
All those hops add latency because of having to traverse anywhere between three and six different networks over the internet.