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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jschauma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jschauma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ryanc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> yeah, the exhaustion problem would've been shoved back with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/64bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>64bit</span></a> or sufficiently delayed by a 40bit number.</p><p>Unless we also hate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAT</span></a> and expect every device to have a unique static <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> (which is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> nightmare at best that <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrivacyExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyExtensions</span></a>"</em> barely fixed.) </p><ul><li>I mean they could've also gone the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DECnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DECnet</span></a> approach and use the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUI48" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUI48</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAC</span></a>-Address (or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUI64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUI64</span></a>) as static addressing system, but that would've made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vendors</span></a> and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISPs</span></a> the powerful forces of allocation. (Similar to how technically the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICCID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCID</span></a> dictates <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> access and not the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> unless places like Australia ban imported devices.</li></ul> <p>I guess using a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> address space was inspired by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> doing the same <em>before</em>, as the folks who designed both wanted to design a solution that clearly will outlive them (<em>way harder</em> than COBOL has outlived Grace Hopper)...</p><ul><li>Personally I've only had headaches with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> because not only do I only have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4only</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> but my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> refuses to allocate even a singe /64 to me (but has no problem throwing in a free /29 of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a>'s in with my contract!)and stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HurricaneElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HEnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HEnet</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> fail face first due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASNs</span></a> get geolocated, not their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoPs</span></a>... </li></ul><p>If I was <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> I would've mandated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualStack</span></a> and banned <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGNAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CGNAT</span></a> (or at least the use of CGNAT in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RFC1918" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFC1918</span></a> address spaces) as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStackLite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualStackLite</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shoppingtonz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shoppingtonz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alternativeto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alternativeto</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> also every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunneling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunneling</span></a> - regardless if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> or whatever - will inevitably introduce <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/latency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latency</span></a> (unless you happen to be customer of a shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> with horrible <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/peering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peering</span></a> and thus can cut down on hops needed, which is AFAIK only a theoretical scenario)...</p><ul><li>Outside of circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and bypassing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Banning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banning</span></a> (i.e. for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheating</span></a>) I've not seen any use-cases.</li></ul><p>In fact I stopped using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HEnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HEnet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIF</span></a>-Tunneling because it created more issued than it solved on my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4only</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> connection…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@fennix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fennix</span></a></span> TBH, I think those bs claims should be illegal.</p><p>The only valid claims I've seen is that it enables people to circumvent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> and potentially <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCensorship</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrafficDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficDiscrimination</span></a> due to lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetNeutrality</span></a>, but those are always to be taken with a truckload of salt!</p><p>Most certsinly, there are no <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/loglessVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loglessVPN</span></a>|s"</em> and no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> provider will <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210606070919/twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">risk jailtime for any.client</a>…</p>
Spruwel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm pretty sure there weren't <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> in 1985.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kubikpixel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kubikpixel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@malwaretech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>malwaretech</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomscott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tomscott</span></a></span> or to put it into perspective:</p><p>I worked at a telco, and whilst clients were above-average in terns of bahaviour, one does get a high single digit or low double-digit amount of LEA requests per day per x million customers.</p><p>Now imagine the average <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> has similar utilization as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGNAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CGNAT</span></a>, so easily they'll have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LawfulInterception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulInterception</span></a> going on 24/7 because <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">logless VPNs are a lie</a> and besides circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> they don't do anything else...</p><ul><li>In fact I'd argue it'll be more privacy friendly to self-host a VPN on-demand with flexible hoster or just having a fixed IP at home, simply because those usually have a higher bar for getting surveillance approved.</li></ul><p>TLDR: Just get <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> and good.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@wmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wmd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://denden.world/@miqokin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>miqokin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> there is a shitton of information.</p><ul><li>Check out the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span> (and yes you can simply choose on a per-connection basis to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> or not woth <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbot</span></a>).</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a>|s only work great to circumvent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and they <em>won't protect users against prosecution and surveillance</em>!</p><ul><li>You'd know that if you read <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thegrugq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thegrugq@infosec.exchange</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@thegrugq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thegrugq@librem.one</span></a></span> 's original post and the linked <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>case</span></a> against someone abusing a VPN.</li></ul><p>Whereas with Tor that doesn't work that well...</p><ul><li>And people who have the time, money and means to get a custom <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> tunnel to some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPS</span></a> setup are not the average users...</li></ul><p>Whereas I can get someone started on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbot</span></a> + <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a> within minutes.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@wmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wmd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://denden.world/@miqokin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>miqokin</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a>|s are - for the most part and with the exception of circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> - a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> catering towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2022011202</span><span class="invisible">0000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLDR</span></a>:</p><ul><li>Use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> or GTFO!</li></ul>
Maximilian Henning<p>The European Court of Auditors published an interesting report on <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> in the <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> yesterday. The EU is supposed to have a common market, where goods, services and money flow freely – but this report shows that in the digital world, that often isn’t the case.</p><p><a href="https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/SR-2025-03" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eca.europa.eu/en/publications/</span><span class="invisible">SR-2025-03</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jetsoft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jetsoft</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hanse_mina</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funfact</span></a>, i worked at several firms where <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> alongside <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> was part of their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> protocol simply because otherwise they'd constantly get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>'d or face hacking attempts.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BGP</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blackholing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackholing</span></a> traffic from entire ASNs helped <em>a lot</em>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.jsteuernagel.de/@jana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jana</span></a></span> what if my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> refuses to allocate me even a /64 and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> makes using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HurricaneElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a>'s <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tunnelbroker</a> useless cuz some idiots decided to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geolocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocate</span></a> based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASN</span></a> not location...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@leeloo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>leeloo</span></a></span> Until regulators like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> get their shit together and mandate a /64 of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> to be supplied to <em>every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> connection</em> with no exceptioms or charges <em>and</em> mandates services and devices to support it as well, we'll not he above to get rid of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Worse is only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStackLite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualStackLite</span></a> and having to do unreliable (due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a>) hacks like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/6in4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>6in4</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/6over4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>6over4</span></a> with <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tunnelbroker.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ...</li></ul><p>Meanwhile it would be cheaper and easier for me to literally get my own private /24 of IPv4s than to convince my ISP to offer me even a single /48 of IPv6s...</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>European Commission and national authorities call on <a href="https://c.im/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> to stop geo-blocking practices on Apple Media Services</p><p>Today, following a coordinated investigation at European level, <br>the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission notified Apple of <br>several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices <br>that the CPC Network has identified on certain Apple Media Services, <br>namely App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts. <br>The network requested Apple to align their practices with the EU's anti-geo-blocking rules.<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> <br><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_5727" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc</span><span class="invisible">orner/detail/en/ip_24_5727</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@kline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kline</span></a></span> sadly no, as my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> refuses to allocate me even a single /64 of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a>, but happily gives me a /28 of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a>|s at no extra charge.</p><ul><li><p>Yes, I do put that to good use, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ripencc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ripencc</span></a></span> can calm down.</p></li><li><p>No, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HurricaneElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> at <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tunnelbroker.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> doesn't help due to it being geolocated wrongly in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> by virtue of it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASN</span></a> despite choosing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFM</span></a> as exit, so most stuff just doesn't work through the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIF</span></a>-tunnel thanks to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a>!</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@steevmi1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steevmi1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hackers.town/@thegibson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thegibson</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@hrbrmstr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hrbrmstr</span></a></span> personally, I consider all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> that isn't a connection to your own business/home network to a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakeoil</span></a> except when it comes to circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCensorship</span></a> and accessing sites &amp; content!</p><p>That's why <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> don't offer a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> (They could easily buy that as a white-label/ <em>"Managed Service for Reselling"</em> or shove some stuff in a datacenter and callit a day.</p><ul><li>for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> you're way better off using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>, espechally since <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">they can't rat you out like any telco (incl. VPNs) <em>MUST BE ABLE TO DO</em></a>…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shaknais" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shaknais</span></a></span> I tried GIF-Tunneling with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HurricaneElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a> and while they offer static subnets (I got a /48 &amp; /64) this isn't workibg reliably and causes issues due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> despite choosibg their PoP in Frankfurt am Main.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> I don't think the security argument is the point, cuz most sites that do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> select only few nations they can clearly say they don't want clients from (i.e. PRC &amp; Russia to avoid carding, North Korea.due to nalware)...</p><ul><li>In fact, most sites I've seen from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> that do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/geoblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblock</span></a> me from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> do so because they don:t wajt to comply with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> and instead vomit thousands (!!!) of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> on me at every visit.</li></ul><p>I mean it's not as if any gun dealer from Germany would be able to sent a costly C&amp;D to SilencerCo for not disclosing the need for a purchase permit in Germany (like with all guns and -parts regulated) when they don't even accept overseas customer <em>at all</em> to buy directly from them...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@mvilain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mvilain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@standev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>standev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@jerry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jerry</span></a></span> well, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> doesn't offer a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> cuz setting up such a service comes with a shitload of issues <em>and</em> besides circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> there isn't any reason to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> over <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@standev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>standev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@mvilain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mvilain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@jerry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jerry</span></a></span> That's propably because of that.</p><ul><li>I know companies that'll instantly block any domain registered or adminitrated or linked to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoDaddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoDaddy</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NameCheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NameCheap</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NiceNIc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NiceNIc</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProtonMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtonMail</span></a> due to rampant <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> and abuse by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CyberCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCrime</span></a> groups. </li></ul><p>In fact I did that - alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> - to prevent and deter <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/carding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carding</span></a> attempts at a fmr. employer.</p><ul><li>And like many modern sites, attempts of registering an account would just get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blackholed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackholed</span></a> without any notification and said IPs [the entire block allocation as per WHOIS!] temporarily blocklisted for 24 hours.</li></ul><p>Granted this wasn't my decision but basically what the CLO &amp; CFO saw fit as "cybersecurity and risk avoidance strategy" towards regulatory pressure by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bsi</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BaFin</span></a></span> ...</p>
Arnie the DXman | HF4<p>Well, Antena 1 of RDP Portugal isn't geoblocked either 😳</p><p>But checking e.g. Radio Nacional de España, I can play all stations EXCEPT Radio Nacional, which carries the match 🤡 (and Radio Exterior has Españoles en la mar). And I get no message, no error, nothing 🙄</p><p>So these <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> geoblocks are a thing indeed... at least in some countries. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Euro2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euro2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/PORCZE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PORCZE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Dear EU, please make audiovisual content available across borders - <a href="https://www.beuc.eu/press-releases/dear-eu-please-make-audiovisual-content-available-across-borders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">beuc.eu/press-releases/dear-eu</span><span class="invisible">-please-make-audiovisual-content-available-across-borders</span></a> "Consumers are still frequently unable to access audiovisual content, such as films, sports events or TV shows, from another EU country despite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> having been banned"</p>