[185868] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Project Fi and the Great Firewall
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jake Mertel)
Sat Nov 14 21:27:50 2015
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In-Reply-To: <208D7CF9-D840-4A09-8768-602778A762F1@arbor.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:27:47 -0700
From: Jake Mertel <jake.mertel@ubiquityhosting.com>
To: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I know the service/device uses VPN if you are using "wifi assist" to
connect to an open WAP -- it automatically tunnels the traffic so it can't
be read by nearby snoopers. Perhaps they employ a similar technology or are
using something like PPP to take all of the traffic back to one (or many)
"access servers" before sending it off to the Internet. I have no
experience whatsoever in cellular network operations, but I know many
providers employ similar methodologies to assist in meeting their CALEA
requirements.
On Saturday, November 14, 2015, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> wrote:
> On 15 Nov 2015, at 9:00, Sean Hunter wrote:
>
> While in China recently, I noticed that my Project Fi phone was accessing
>> Google.
>>
>
> Accessing, or attempting to access?
>
> Were you using a local SIM card, or roaming w/data? What about WiFi?
>
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> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
>
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