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Isn’t that probably just some string matching on torrent instead of targeted blocking?

• oelmekki 8y ago
  That was my first thought as well, but the blocking reason reads : "This URL has been categorized under : Criminal Skills / Hacking news". This sounds targeted : I guess a torrent domain name wildcard would have read something like "pirate downloading". EDIT : btw, if "hacking news" is a reason enough for blocking a website, I fear for the security skills of future generations of developers.
  • setzer22 8y ago
    Not to mention this very site
    • shpx 8y ago
      This website which called itself and which still calls itself Hacker News is in no way about hacking, nor hackers, nor news (apologies to Voltaire). Just look at yesterday's front page stories https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2018-08-25 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2018-08-25. The word hacker is meant in the somewhat esoteric "someone that likes discovering clever tricks" sense. I doubt that's the definition Verizon is using. https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-news/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-ne...
      • jobigoud 8y ago
        We all know that, but the ones doing the blocking based on name might not.
  • Dylan16807 8y ago
    Hacking comma news. Which makes it sound like it's in two categories. "Criminal Skills/Hacking" and "News".