The Human Element: User Perspectives on Circumvention

Update: 2025-03-29

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How do people in censored environments access information? We explore user perspectives, priorities, and barriers to using circumvention tools. Research from Xue et al. highlights challenges in trust, funding, and usability, shaping the future of internet freedom.

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Future of Network Censorship and Plaintext

2025-05-0514:58

MASQUE – Tunneling Through HTTP

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Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) – Cloaking the Handshake

2025-04-2512:00

DNS over HTTPS (DoH) – Obfuscating the Resolver

2025-04-2113:09

Choke Points and Organizational Control

2025-04-0411:36

The Plaintext Problem

2025-04-0110:14

DDoS Attacks: Tools of Repression and Expression

2025-02-0415:56

The Fundamentals of Internet Censorship

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DNS – The Original Plaintext Protocol

2025-04-0914:05

The Human Element: User Perspectives on Circumvention

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The Complexities of Internet Shutdowns

2025-03-2414:11

Circumvention Strategies: Bypassing Censorship

2025-02-1121:11

Deep Packet Inspection and the Rise of HTTPS

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Early Methods and Economic Levers

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The Human Element: User Perspectives on Circumvention

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The Human Element: User Perspectives on Circumvention

Nick Sullivan

The Human Element: User Perspectives on Circumvention