A massive data leak of over 500 GB from Geedge Networks exposed China’s export of deep‑packet‑inspection (DPI) technology—dubbed a “Great Firewall in a box”—to at least four authoritarian regimes. The leak includes source code, work logs and internal communications that detail how the DPI engine blocks VPN traffic, filters keywords, and shapes internet traffic. Researchers traced the hardware and software to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, highlighting a shift from domestic control to a commercial censorship model. The export raises concerns for citizens, activists and journalists as VPNs struggle to bypass the new filters. Leer más →

A massive data leak of over 500 GB from Geedge Networks exposed China’s export of deep‑packet‑inspection (DPI) technology—dubbed a “Great Firewall in a box”—to at least four authoritarian regimes. The leak includes source code, work logs and internal communications that detail how the DPI engine blocks VPN traffic, filters keywords, and shapes internet traffic. Researchers traced the hardware and software to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, highlighting a shift from domestic control to a commercial censorship model. The export raises concerns for citizens, activists and journalists as VPNs struggle to bypass the new filters. Leer más →

A massive data leak of over 500 GB from Geedge Networks exposed China’s export of deep‑packet‑inspection (DPI) technology—dubbed a “Great Firewall in a box”—to at least four authoritarian regimes. The leak includes source code, work logs and internal communications that detail how the DPI engine blocks VPN traffic, filters keywords, and shapes internet traffic. Researchers traced the hardware and software to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, highlighting a shift from domestic control to a commercial censorship model. The export raises concerns for citizens, activists and journalists as VPNs struggle to bypass the new filters. Leer más →

A massive data leak of over 500 GB from Geedge Networks exposed China’s export of deep‑packet‑inspection (DPI) technology—dubbed a “Great Firewall in a box”—to at least four authoritarian regimes. The leak includes source code, work logs and internal communications that detail how the DPI engine blocks VPN traffic, filters keywords, and shapes internet traffic. Researchers traced the hardware and software to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, highlighting a shift from domestic control to a commercial censorship model. The export raises concerns for citizens, activists and journalists as VPNs struggle to bypass the new filters. Leer más →

A massive data leak of over 500 GB from Geedge Networks exposed China’s export of deep‑packet‑inspection (DPI) technology—dubbed a “Great Firewall in a box”—to at least four authoritarian regimes. The leak includes source code, work logs and internal communications that detail how the DPI engine blocks VPN traffic, filters keywords, and shapes internet traffic. Researchers traced the hardware and software to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, highlighting a shift from domestic control to a commercial censorship model. The export raises concerns for citizens, activists and journalists as VPNs struggle to bypass the new filters. Leer más →

Almagul Menlibayeva, a photographer and multimedia artist, is using AI to reconstruct stories lost to censorship. Her latest installation, Posthuman Matter: The Map of Nomadizing Reimaginings #3, combines craft and code to imagine an alternative cartography of Central Asia. Leer más →