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I haven't been able to access the .com/.se/etc in years, since it was blocked in ~2012 by most ISPs here in the UK. That said, proxies are but two clicks away

by roddux 11y ago

I haven't been able to access the .com/.se/etc in years, since it was blocked in ~2012 by most ISPs here in the UK. That said, proxies are but two clicks away and faster than connecting to a VPN.

DanBC 11y ago
Some of the proxies are pretty scary though.
- jokoon 11y ago
  Yeah I really wonders who runs them, seems like it has been a golden opportunity for scammers and other malware crowds.
  - xenophonf 11y ago
    Given the amount of malware I downloaded from warez BBSes back in the day, I wouldn't be surprised.
- davb 11y ago
  As are some VPNs. It's concerning that so many people route all their traffic (when connected) over some unknown third parties network. Default gateway and server pushed DNS. Only HSTS and certificate pinning would prevent their traffic being sniffed or tampered with.
  - wrong_internet 11y ago
    Huh? Unless your endpoint peers directly with your ISP, you always route over unknown third party networks.
    - davb 11y ago
      True but it's much easier for a malicious player to set up a VPN service selling cheap a anonymity as a way to gather MITM targets than it is to set up an ISP or transit provider.
  - speeder 11y ago
    In Brazil we saw a brief explosion of VPN use to get around Whatsapp ban. Now we are getting reports of people intimate videos being uploaded to porn sites... (considering whatsapp is not much safe in first place, it is no surprise... I even tried to warn people and convince them to use Telegram instead but "network effect" is a strong thing...)
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0x4a42 11y ago
You just need to change your dns server to access those domains, or just access the server ip directly.
- proactivesvcs 11y ago
  That doesn't work for all ISPs, for example Virgin Media.
- stordoff 11y ago
  Doesn't work for Sky Broadband in the UK. I use Google DNS but TPB is still blocked. I'm not sure if you can easily find the server IP for TPB - they appear to behind CloudFlare?

by roddux 11y ago

I haven't been able to access the .com/.se/etc in years, since it was blocked in ~2012 by most ISPs here in the UK. That said, proxies are but two clicks away and faster than connecting to a VPN.

DanBC 11y ago

Some of the proxies are pretty scary though.

jokoon 11y ago
Yeah I really wonders who runs them, seems like it has been a golden opportunity for scammers and other malware crowds.
- xenophonf 11y ago
  Given the amount of malware I downloaded from warez BBSes back in the day, I wouldn't be surprised.
davb 11y ago
As are some VPNs. It's concerning that so many people route all their traffic (when connected) over some unknown third parties network. Default gateway and server pushed DNS. Only HSTS and certificate pinning would prevent their traffic being sniffed or tampered with.
- wrong_internet 11y ago
  Huh? Unless your endpoint peers directly with your ISP, you always route over unknown third party networks.
  - davb 11y ago
    True but it's much easier for a malicious player to set up a VPN service selling cheap a anonymity as a way to gather MITM targets than it is to set up an ISP or transit provider.
- speeder 11y ago
  In Brazil we saw a brief explosion of VPN use to get around Whatsapp ban. Now we are getting reports of people intimate videos being uploaded to porn sites... (considering whatsapp is not much safe in first place, it is no surprise... I even tried to warn people and convince them to use Telegram instead but "network effect" is a strong thing...)
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0x4a42 11y ago

You just need to change your dns server to access those domains, or just access the server ip directly.

proactivesvcs 11y ago
That doesn't work for all ISPs, for example Virgin Media.
stordoff 11y ago
Doesn't work for Sky Broadband in the UK. I use Google DNS but TPB is still blocked. I'm not sure if you can easily find the server IP for TPB - they appear to behind CloudFlare?