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Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by PentiumBug »

mike_d wrote: post #150
barrotes wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny how everyone talks about the Chinese "great firewall" that blocks access towards some western platforms from China, and no one talks about "USA great firewall" that blocks Cuban citizen from acceding to a lot of services

Because the latter is not a thing. The United States does not implement any border firewalls on traffic entering the country. No law compels blocking Cuban citizens from accessing US hosted content, just preventing them from entering into financial transactions.

I honestly have no idea how the sanctions are reflected in the actual wording of the law, but what I see is that many companies are actually overzealous and wholesale limit (block) access regardless of the outcome of the content request (that is, even if the transaction is not a financial one.)

Let me give you an example: I can't open dell.com, at all. What I want to believe is that they blocked all access because it was easy, just a geo thingy flipped on. It is their decision though, but it is supported on existing sanctions. So... yes, the law compels them to do it, indirectly or not. And there are hundreds, thousands of other examples that I can provide, if you're interested.

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by GoToRO »

allarm wrote: post #280
GoToRO wrote: post #276

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Like we saw recentlly with Russia, the people were not upset when they invaded Ukraine. Then when McDonald's pulled out of Russia a fat guy chained itself to the doors. So internet, fast-food, clothes, cars, movies... water pumps... and so on.

> the people were not upset False. There's a lot (the majority) of people from my close circle who were and are "upset", if I can put it this way. I don't have the statistics, but let's say that's 80/20 ratio (supporters/non-supporters), even though I personally believe it's closer to 50/50. > fast-food, clothes So you really think that limited access to the Internet and the fact that McDonalds is gone would force th…

It's not what I think, is what actually happened: a russian guy protested ONLY for his lifestyle, a burger, not for his government killing other people.

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by allarm »

GoToRO wrote: post #282
allarm wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the people were not upset False. There's a lot (the majority) of people from my close circle who were and are "upset", if I can put it this way. I don't have the statistics, but let's say that's 80/20 ratio (supporters/non-supporters), even though I personally believe it's closer to 50/50. > fast-food, clothes So you really think that limited access to the Internet and the fact that McDonalds is gone would force th…

It's not what I think, is what actually happened: a russian guy protested ONLY for his lifestyle, a burger, not for his government killing other people.

Do you see the difference between "a guy" and 20% of the population?

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by waithuh »

zirgs wrote: post #273
waithuh wrote: post #246

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How easy is the question. 1. Browsing habits would hardly have an affect on the vast array of data to have an effect on ads presented to you, unless you care about your privacy. Its all target auidence and marketing (look at ExpressVPN or Surfshark. They all offer privacy but never follow up) 2. Their algorithms can avoid showing you ads derived from the VPN if it detects the usage of your actual IP

If they sell data then it's possible to buy that data. So a security researcher could simply try buying that data and then expose that VPN provider.

The market for data is shady. They can simply sign contracts with a few reputable "market intelligence" firms. I am also very sure that another VPN firm wouldnt mind being a proxy seller the browsing data in return for some comission.

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by notanemployee »

neontomo wrote: post #185
hammock wrote: post #167

Mullvad is THE ONLY mainstream VPN that doesn't have seriously questionable credibility. Not even Proton VPN is OK - sleuths have figured out that it's just a white-labeled version of NordVPN. I am thankful that Mullvad is doubling down on their commitment to integrity, because there isn't an alternative.

Do you have any sources for the NordVPN claim? Edit: I just had a look through your post history and you seem to have been claiming this for months, without providing any evidence. Shady.

Source: employee at NordSec.

There was definitely overlap between the companies (and tech), but, to my knowledge, that hasn’t been the case for several years now.

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by stjohnswarts »

yieldcrv wrote: post #201
stjohnswarts wrote: post #83

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Always critics but never providing a viable alternative. So please tell us your model, yank the cable out of the wall and pitch your phone in the lake? I'm mostly concerned about advertisers, corps, and my ISP. I know that in my country (the USA) that if they want something out of me they'll take me to a back room and beat it out of me, so generally I don't do illegal stuff.

i2p, tor. whonix distribution of linux, tails…

none of those will stop the NSA or FBI if they're really after you

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by smartbit »

burnaway wrote: post #247
smartbit wrote: post #54

As ivpn's gateway in Brussels is more often than not 100% [0] during the evenings, I'm looking for an alternative. This wasn't the case until some 6-12 month. Anyone experience with mullvad's [1] throughput in Belgium? [0] https://www.ivpn.net/status/ [1] https://mullvad.net/en/servers

This is Viktor from IVPN. We have recently added more capacity to our Belgium server. I'm looking at our internal graphs and it has not been hitting 100% in the past couple of days. We are monitoring it closely and ready to add more bandwidth if necessary.

Thank you Viktor. Keep up the good work.

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by slikrick »

codedokode wrote: post #266
Victor1024 wrote: post #243

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Mullvad is probably the VPN with the longest track record of not keeping logs. I find it likely that the vast majority of people who hosted immoral content using Mullvad's port forwarding feature solely used Mullvad for this purpose because of their reputation. After Mullvad discontinued port forwarding, IVPN (probably the second most trusted VPN provider) came out a month later and announced that they were also disc…

So basically no companies wish to provide anonymous unrestricted uncensored information exchange.

be even more hyperbolic why don't ya

Re: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

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Post by slikrick »

notanemployee wrote: post #286
neontomo wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any sources for the NordVPN claim? Edit: I just had a look through your post history and you seem to have been claiming this for months, without providing any evidence. Shady.

Source: employee at NordSec. There was definitely overlap between the companies (and tech), but, to my knowledge, that hasn’t been the case for several years now.

you are notanemployee though, so your first line seems suspect
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