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To be sold in a particular country every model needs certification which obviously may be a very complicated thing if that country's authorities are not happy with counter-censorship capabilities. Moreover, in many countries (including AFAIK Russia, and Chine) every shop selling satcom needs a separate certification. I am not sure Samsung, or Apple will ever risk to invest in something which cannot be legally exported to a large number of countries.

Finally, you should not underestimate how far a state can go to keep the status quo. Did we hear already: - What, they will check every phone? - What, they will demand our passwords? - What, they will slow down all out-of-country traffic? - What, they will block millions if websites, and look into every network packet? All of these were asked sarcastically, yet every point is happening now on a massive scale.

Actually, in late 90s there were a lot of talk about 'new era', because 'internet made censorship impossible'. Hold my beer! - said state bureaucracy everywhere.

Of course, technology can sometimes leapfrog gov't capabilities, but as a rule it's a very temporary thing. Censorship is a political, and cultural problem, and it needs political, and cultural pressure to be resolved.



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