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Not in .au

by jlawer 12y ago

Not in .au

icpmacdo 12y ago
I assume it steals every piece of data it can but this chrome extension works for US Netflix http://hola.org/ http://hola.org/
- elemenopy 12y ago
  More than that: unless you buy the premium subscription, you're actually acting as an exit node for their network. So be careful of that. http://hola.org/premium http://hola.org/premium https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1qnphj/psa_if_youre_uncomfortable_running_a_tor_exit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1qnphj/psa_if_your...
- iLoch 12y ago
  I mean honestly I just bought a VPN connection. Costs me $45 a year and (probably?) doesn't steal anything. I realized how much time I spent trying to find mirrors and torrents for things that were widely available to stream in the US, and decided it was more practical to spend the money.
  - e12e 12y ago
    I don't really think it's "legal". In fact, I don't see how this is any more or less legal than circumventing region blocks on DVDs etc. That happens to be legal in Norway, but as I understand it would be a breach of DMCA in the US. Not sure about Australia, but I think (?) you have just as draconian content/copy-protection laws? That said, see my other comment for using ssh as a socks5-proxy. YMMW which is easier (VPN or "vpn" via ssh).
    - iLoch 12y ago
      I'm not suggesting it's legal. The moment I can get the same content in Canada as I can in the US without buying 100+ useless channels on TV then I'll start paying for content. I have friends in the movie industry who are affected by behaviour like mine, but they can talk to the MPAA if they have a problem with it.
e12e 12y ago
Apparently Netflix is cracking down on users circumventing the geolocks on content -- but if you want to try, remember that ssh does socks5 (including DNS) proxying. Spin up a VPS at eg Digital Ocean or some other provider that has US presence, and simply: ssh -D 8080 yourvps.example.com #or use putty on windoze You might want to install FoxyProxy for Firefox -- otherwise just point your browser to localhost:8080 as a socks5 server. Apparently Chrome does some funky bits with DNS over socks5 -- but as far as I can figure out the new default in Firefox is sane (DNS over socks if a socks5 proxy is defined). Not that you'll probably have to have "a US" Netflix account, unless they just use location data for determining what shows you're "entitled" to. Same works for Amazon Prime, to eg. watch the free pilot of "Man in the High Castle": http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-High-Castle/dp/B00RSI5EHQ http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-High-Castle/dp/B00RSI5EHQ Same deal -- you'll probably need to sign-out/register a "new" Amazon.com account. FYI.

Not in .au

by jlawer 12y ago

Not in .au

I assume it steals every piece of data it can but this chrome extension works for US Netflix http://hola.org/ http://hola.org/

elemenopy 12y ago
More than that: unless you buy the premium subscription, you're actually acting as an exit node for their network. So be careful of that. http://hola.org/premium http://hola.org/premium https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1qnphj/psa_if_youre_uncomfortable_running_a_tor_exit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1qnphj/psa_if_your...
iLoch 12y ago
I mean honestly I just bought a VPN connection. Costs me $45 a year and (probably?) doesn't steal anything. I realized how much time I spent trying to find mirrors and torrents for things that were widely available to stream in the US, and decided it was more practical to spend the money.
- e12e 12y ago
  I don't really think it's "legal". In fact, I don't see how this is any more or less legal than circumventing region blocks on DVDs etc. That happens to be legal in Norway, but as I understand it would be a breach of DMCA in the US. Not sure about Australia, but I think (?) you have just as draconian content/copy-protection laws? That said, see my other comment for using ssh as a socks5-proxy. YMMW which is easier (VPN or "vpn" via ssh).
  - iLoch 12y ago
    I'm not suggesting it's legal. The moment I can get the same content in Canada as I can in the US without buying 100+ useless channels on TV then I'll start paying for content. I have friends in the movie industry who are affected by behaviour like mine, but they can talk to the MPAA if they have a problem with it.

e12e 12y ago

Apparently Netflix is cracking down on users circumventing the geolocks on content -- but if you want to try, remember that ssh does socks5 (including DNS) proxying. Spin up a VPS at eg Digital Ocean or some other provider that has US presence, and simply: ssh -D 8080 yourvps.example.com #or use putty on windoze You might want to install FoxyProxy for Firefox -- otherwise just point your browser to localhost:8080 as a socks5 server. Apparently Chrome does some funky bits with DNS over socks5 -- but as far as I can figure out the new default in Firefox is sane (DNS over socks if a socks5 proxy is defined). Not that you'll probably have to have "a US" Netflix account, unless they just use location data for determining what shows you're "entitled" to. Same works for Amazon Prime, to eg. watch the free pilot of "Man in the High Castle": http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-High-Castle/dp/B00RSI5EHQ http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-High-Castle/dp/B00RSI5EHQ Same deal -- you'll probably need to sign-out/register a "new" Amazon.com account. FYI.