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	1 .SH tgtimes
	2 \fIcirosantilli\fB, a rabbit hole on its own
	3 .
	4 .PP
	5 Is this name familiar to you? Maybe you encountered
	6 \fIcirosantilli\fR on a StackOverflow or remember one of the iconic
	7 profile pictures he chose? Did you encounter the name on GitHub? If
	8 so you may have immediately recall how he weaponized this popular code
	9 hosting platform into a freedom of speech silver bullet against China's
	10 censorship.
	11 .
	12 .PP
	13 The entire user profile was turned into a long document that can
	14 resist to the most ferocious censorship. A vast amount of images and
	15 keywords censored by China is published straight on the front page,
	16 making it outstanding to the visitors.
	17 .
	18 .PP
	19 Would China dare to try to take down the biggest code hosting platform,
	20 harming most of IT companies in the world? And even if it tries, would
	21 it succeed? And so without provoking too much tension with the U.S.?
	22 .
	23 .PP
	24 While China's government censorship violence is world famous,
	25 so is GitHub's DDoS mitigation services (provided by a dedicated company,
	26 not performed by GitHub themself), after undertaking 1.3 Terabit per sec…
	27 during a famous DDoS attack.
	28 .
	29 .PP
	30 This Brazilian Italian turned Goliath against Goliath.
	31 .
	32 .PP
	33 Are you curious about \fIcirosantilli\fB's practical plan to take down
	34 China's great firewall?
	35 Or maybe you are interested in one of the many computer-related topics he
	36 teaches on his website?
	37 .
	38 .PP
	39 This activist doubles as student and teacher might take you down the
	40 rabbit hole of both computer science and fight for freedom.
	41 .
	42 .DS
	43 https://stackoverflow.com/users/895245/
	44 https://cirosantilli.com/
	45 https://github.com/cirosantilli
	46 .DE