Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a lot more than just a business entity, unfortunately. The government tends to look out for and protect its biggest corporate partners, particularly those that play a strategic role (think: Boeing). The major Internet services companies are now protected government sponsored entities, just like Verizon and AT&T. The Feds can never risk the potential that the massive orgy of data that Facebook makes possible - bo…
> just like Verizon and AT&T. As an European I never understood what is the "strategic" interest of Washington to protect the telecom companies. This might have made sense 20 years ago, but now that these companies tend to become like any other utility companies I don't see why the Government would care if they break up or if new (possibly foreign) competitors appear.
Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
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Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#82Sometimes I have issues with ycombinator from tor. Am I only one?
Someone is aggressively crawling HN with TOR ips so they've banned TOR ips.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#83How about using TOR to connect to a VPN and then to Facebook, so Facebook only sees the VPN but you still "protected" by TOR.
Is this possible/practical?
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Throwing millions of legitimate users, who require Tor for their safety, under the bus is evil, yes. Facebook has plenty of ways to fight spam besides blacklisting Tor exit node IPs, exactly as it has done up until now.
"Millions" of people use Tor? You can make an argument for anonymity without resorting to hyperbole.
"Using free software, Tor has enabled roughly 36 million people around the world to experience freedom of access and expression on the Internet while keeping them in control of their privacy and anonymity."
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#86How about using TOR to connect to a VPN and then to Facebook, so Facebook only sees the VPN but you still "protected" by TOR. Is this possible/practical?
Yes, but will be very slow.
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#87is it possible that fb got some heat from above, and forced to do that?
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#88The privatized 'public' space makes an inevitable move. Facebook can no longer stake any preposterous claim to "help people connect better". It is a business entity - always has been - and does not give half a damn about "making the world a better place", or whatever corporate marketing catchphrase they use right now. Related to recent events or not, the privatized internet is continuing to backlash with severe conse…
Google and Facebook are part of the military surveillance complex, it's as simple as that. They are privatized surveillance companies who serve the US government.
It should be considered enemy soil for anyone who believes in privacy and freedom.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#89Slightly off topic, but I discovered yesterday Tor provides AMIs for running bridge nodes on EC2: https://cloud.torproject.org
It's really easy to set up, and only costs ~$3 a month if you have your free tier available.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#90The privatized 'public' space makes an inevitable move. Facebook can no longer stake any preposterous claim to "help people connect better". It is a business entity - always has been - and does not give half a damn about "making the world a better place", or whatever corporate marketing catchphrase they use right now. Related to recent events or not, the privatized internet is continuing to backlash with severe conse…
It's a lot more than just a business entity, unfortunately. The government tends to look out for and protect its biggest corporate partners, particularly those that play a strategic role (think: Boeing). The major Internet services companies are now protected government sponsored entities, just like Verizon and AT&T. The Feds can never risk the potential that the massive orgy of data that Facebook makes possible - bo…
I think that intelligence speaking, one of the biggest value of Facebook for NSA type agencies is to crawl into someones life and identifies someones friends and relationships going back to elementary school. Thanks to Facebook it's now possible with a simple click to find friends and possible connections in your past for which there was no easy paper trail before.