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How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks

14 pointsby middleclickalmost 4 years ago

3 comments

nickdothuttonalmost 4 years ago
They don’t even need to abuse the browser in order to collect this data. We achieved something very similar for a different end without any such behaviour. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.eutopian.io&#x2F;nsa-prisms-commercial-cousin&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.eutopian.io&#x2F;nsa-prisms-commercial-cousin&#x2F;</a>
yeaccountalmost 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20191216021703if_&#x2F;https:&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;CDA&#x2F;status&#x2F;1206298432761143297" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20191216021703if_&#x2F;https:&#x2F;twitter...</a><p>A fascinating exchange. It seems like Netblocks has no answers and starts attacking you?
jcpenny1almost 4 years ago
This is about <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netblocks.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netblocks.org</a> that are frequently quoted here and in the media when it comes to censorship and internet connectivity issues.<p>It seems like they are doing so without user consent and making up their data?