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Tell HN: Vodafone AU is still blocking archive.is

23 points by tempactforhn 7y ago

Today I found myself unable to access archive.is on my Vodafone network, I got redirected to https://www.vodafone.com.au/temporarily-unavailable from http://archive.is/gcj3w I don't think they are forced by a court order on something since other ISPs here (such as Telstra) are not doing the same. So, please avoid Vodafone AU if possible, they are doing nasty things on user's traffic.

deogeo 7y ago
"This website is temporarily unavailable." As always, corporate messaging uses vagueness as a shield - no mention of why it is unavailable, not even if the reason is technical or legal.
- tempactforhn 7y ago
  It's probably not technical, this can be bypassed by put the correct IP address into the hosts file. What's made me angry is their lack of transparency. And what's made me even more angry (and sad) is the fact that the people in this country aren't being angry about this. :(
easytiger 7y ago
Isn't this related, they claim, the the Christchurch shootings?
HNLurker2 7y ago
That's why I hate Vodafone besides putting 5g and getting headaches (electromagnetic sensitivity)
- HNLurker2 7y ago
  I have a condition
- ladberg 7y ago
  I don't think this is possible.
PebblesHD 7y ago
Quite disappointing. Optus, another Australian carrier, only very recently reversed their similar blocks on a number of archival sites among others. When all players are equally bad, there are very few options available to ‘vote with your wallet’ per se. For what it’s worth I raised a number of support tickets requesting these be unblocked, but like most large firms I’m sure these simply fell into the ether.
Tepix 7y ago
Related(?): Vodafone Egypt uses MITM on SMTP traffic to strip TLS.
- londons_explore 7y ago
  You would be amazed how much SMTP traffic has TLS stripped by big backbone providers... It's time some big webmail providers stepped up their game and required actually valid TLS certs from any provider which had previously had a valid cert. Today most providers will happily accept a self signed expired certificate just fine, which totally breaks security.
mgliwka 7y ago
Archive.is is also not available for users with 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare DNS): https://jarv.is/notes/cloudflare-dns-archive-is-blocked/ https://jarv.is/notes/cloudflare-dns-archive-is-blocked/ Long shot: those two are related. But hijacking requests like that is a big no-no.

23 points by tempactforhn 7y ago

deogeo 7y ago

"This website is temporarily unavailable." As always, corporate messaging uses vagueness as a shield - no mention of why it is unavailable, not even if the reason is technical or legal.

tempactforhn 7y ago
It's probably not technical, this can be bypassed by put the correct IP address into the hosts file. What's made me angry is their lack of transparency. And what's made me even more angry (and sad) is the fact that the people in this country aren't being angry about this. :(

easytiger 7y ago

Isn't this related, they claim, the the Christchurch shootings?

HNLurker2 7y ago

That's why I hate Vodafone besides putting 5g and getting headaches (electromagnetic sensitivity)

HNLurker2 7y ago
I have a condition
ladberg 7y ago
I don't think this is possible.

PebblesHD 7y ago

Quite disappointing. Optus, another Australian carrier, only very recently reversed their similar blocks on a number of archival sites among others. When all players are equally bad, there are very few options available to ‘vote with your wallet’ per se. For what it’s worth I raised a number of support tickets requesting these be unblocked, but like most large firms I’m sure these simply fell into the ether.

Tepix 7y ago

Related(?): Vodafone Egypt uses MITM on SMTP traffic to strip TLS.

londons_explore 7y ago
You would be amazed how much SMTP traffic has TLS stripped by big backbone providers... It's time some big webmail providers stepped up their game and required actually valid TLS certs from any provider which had previously had a valid cert. Today most providers will happily accept a self signed expired certificate just fine, which totally breaks security.

mgliwka 7y ago

Archive.is is also not available for users with 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare DNS): https://jarv.is/notes/cloudflare-dns-archive-is-blocked/ https://jarv.is/notes/cloudflare-dns-archive-is-blocked/ Long shot: those two are related. But hijacking requests like that is a big no-no.