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Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by wruza »

h1d wrote: post #11
custo15 wrote: post #5

I'm in Russia, and I really scared. This is the way we go here, too.

What sites are blocked?

Recently you only could see blocked sites when surfing for porn or on aibs, because some activists hunted for CP (also drug stores and suicide manuals, though I never really seen these). Now I see blocks regularily on definitely-non-porn sites. Turn on Opera Turbo and it opens.

Tendency here is to quick-block-and-wait, and it is site owner who must prove, not they. "It seems like" is enough.

Btw, judge who blocked p*hub.com "didn't know it is popular".

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by wruza »

tarancato wrote: post #18
custo15 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lot of them. You can see a list here: https://reestr.rublacklist.net/

That's... casinos and porn? Where do I sign up for a degeneracy-free country?

Obviously you could try Russia, it perfectly fits this attitude.

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by tomatsu »

tarancato wrote: post #18
custo15 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lot of them. You can see a list here: https://reestr.rublacklist.net/

That's... casinos and porn? Where do I sign up for a degeneracy-free country?

Censorship is always abused. Once the infrastructure is in place, it's used for all kinds of things. They always start with the usual "think of the children" or "it's against terrorism" spiel, but sooner or later it's used to sweep anything inconvenient under the rug.

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by wruza »

decafbad wrote: post #14

It's a torrent file you damn ignorant politicians. Tell your favorite IT guys to block this : magnet:?xt=urn:btih:489b0cef1d7d49fe5ae2ae8cc2f0708b8286cbb3&dn=All+mail+Including+Spam+and+Trash.rar

176/354. Hmm, it is pretty popular, will seed until 10.0.

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by return0 »

wfunction wrote: post #4

Someone warned about this like yesterday... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12668079

Thats was not really valid. Every site is technical. There is far more business documents in dropbox than in github. Plus the purpose of the leakers is to create disruption, and apparently it works.

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by tarancato »

tomatsu wrote: post #23
tarancato wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's... casinos and porn? Where do I sign up for a degeneracy-free country?

Censorship is always abused. Once the infrastructure is in place, it's used for all kinds of things. They always start with the usual "think of the children" or "it's against terrorism" spiel, but sooner or later it's used to sweep anything inconvenient under the rug.

Most developed countries already have the infrastructure in place for fighting piracy, and I don't see it being used to "censor dissidents"

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by beyti »

Raed667 wrote: post #27

When blocking do they display a state issued message like "This website has been blocked for X and Y reasons" (like in KSA) Or do they just 404 it, like they used to do in Tunisia back in the days of censorship?

No message, just not responding.

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by kalleboo »

Raed667 wrote: post #27

When blocking do they display a state issued message like "This website has been blocked for X and Y reasons" (like in KSA) Or do they just 404 it, like they used to do in Tunisia back in the days of censorship?

The article says it's showing SSL errors, so they could be trying to show a message, but without a valid cert no browser would connect.

Re: Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks

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Post by Raed667 »

beyti wrote: post #28
Raed667 wrote: post #27

When blocking do they display a state issued message like "This website has been blocked for X and Y reasons" (like in KSA) Or do they just 404 it, like they used to do in Tunisia back in the days of censorship?

No message, just not responding.

Does using a VPN put people under any kind of threat like in the UAE?
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