Myanmar Citizens Find Ways Around Crackdown on Internet (bloomberg.com) 15
Sidestepping a crackdown on internet use since the military seized power almost two months ago, hundreds of thousands of protesters and citizens in Myanmar are finding different ways to communicate online, downloading tools to bypass censorship restrictions and turning to alternative media sources and underground networks, according to new research. From a report: They have moved to a mirror site of Facebook on the dark web, used apps that rely on Bluetooth technology to continue messaging each other and turned to lesser known social media platforms to stay connected, according to Recorded Future, a closely held cybersecurity firm based near Boston. Myanmar citizens are following the lead of protesters in Hong Kong, Belarus and elsewhere who have found creative ways around government internet restrictions. Protesters from some of those countries are now providing guidance and support to Myanmar, and online forums are offering tips on how its citizens can stay connected. "In the history of Myanmar and all the coups they've experienced and all this political upheaval, it looks to be the first time the people really had this type of access to alternative platforms, and have used it to reach out to international organizations and other countries for help," said Charity Wright, cyber threat intelligence analyst at Recorded Future, who has been studying the impact of the crackdown on the internet for the past month and a half.
Bandwidth of resistance. (Score:2)
If all else fails there's always a station wagon full of tapes crossing the border.
Sounds like a job for Starlink (Score:3)
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I suspect that the Starlink ground stations incorporate some sort of geo-blocking. The last thing Musk wants do to is to have his legitimate market channels shut down because the system is perceived to be a threat to totalitarian governments.
screw you dictators, ahhah your days are numbered (Score:1)
Its a good century, when oppressed citizens from
multiple countries can help other citizens in other
oppressed countries against their stupid retarted
old out of date 20th century dictators.
REVOLUTION global scale against tin pot loonies.
Now to start hacking the assets of those dictators relatives in western countries, and steal their shit, or publish their private residences, and protest/ burn their houses down.
All I Know About Myanmar (Score:2)
Great. (Score:2)
Stop Bluetooth? (Score:2)
How will they stop a Bluetooth mesh network [bridgefy.me]?
Re: (Score:2)
Jamming.
Full report, no paywall (Score:3)
While Bloomberg has a subscription, the report they based their article on is a freely-downloadable PDF [recordedfuture.com].
Other countries? (Score:5, Interesting)
"In the history of Myanmar and all the coups they've experienced and all this political upheaval, it looks to be the first time the people really had this type of access to alternative platforms, and have used it to reach out to international organizations and other countries for help."
Other countries aren't going to help. Myanmar has no natural resources anyone wants to fight over, so their political upheavals are their problem. What they need is a copy of The Official US Army Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Handbook: Guerrilla Warfare, Resistance & Insurgency: Winning Asymmetric Wars from the Underground [amazon.com]. And good luck to them. (No warranty expressed or implied.)(Attempting to implement the activities described therein may get you shot.)(Bring a lot of friends.)
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Myanmar used to be known as Burma. It exported the best teak in the world (hopefully it still does). With (I believe) the help of the British occupiers, they established a long term (teak is very very slow growing) timber industry - it was planned to work over centuries, basically indefinitely.
Teak is a valuable materiel, certainly, but not, perhaps, enough to keep the economy going. They also have gas, gems, and agricultural products.
The GDP per head was USD 1,245 - this is 156th in the world (of 195). No