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> and wouldn't shut down my internet for a few hours if I accidentally typed the wrong thing that is actually happening?
by dvcrn 10y ago
> and wouldn't shut down my internet for a few hours if I accidentally typed the wrong thing
that is actually happening?
- snnn 10y agoNot shutdown his internet, shutdown his connection to Google for a while. In that time, he can still use Yahoo,Bing,Baidu...
- Zarel 10y agoWell, that was way back in I think around 2005? So I don't remember it too clearly. But I remember a few times where I suddenly lost internet and the people around me said "oh, you probably tried to go to a site you're not allowed to, it'll come back in an hourish." I haven't had that experience more recently, but I think that's partially because HTTPS is everywhere these days and partially because I use VPNs a lot more because I do need that Google/Facebook access.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoIt would basically put you in a penalty box if you searched for the wrong thing, with your internet not working very well for a couple of minutes. I'm not sure how they did it, but it was a real thing. It doesn't really happen very much anymore, but mainly because most sites moved to https and can only be blocked completely ATM.