shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

269
active users

#internetcensorship

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@amiserabilist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amiserabilist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nickiquote</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@DJDarren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DJDarren</span></a></span> Problem with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> is that they really hammer diwn <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCensorship</span></a> infrastructure by blocking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> and forcing a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a>-owned and cintrolled Resolver down peoples' throats.</p><ul><li>This using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> is basically essential there.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> plus support for <code>meek</code>, <code>snowflake</code>, <code>webtunnel</code> and non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obfs4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obfs4</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bridges</span></a> seems missing in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>.</p><ul><li>It would also help if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BridgeDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgeDB</span></a> allowed to actually select <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a> <a href="https://bridges.torproject.org/options" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">and not just</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> and select ports (i.e. 80 &amp; 443) on top of that.</li></ul><p>Cuz to this day I've to yet see an IPv4-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/webtunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webtunnel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bridge</span></a>…</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/meek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meek</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/snowflake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snowflake</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCensorship</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tweesecake.social/@adisonverlice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adisonverlice</span></a></span> I think that's dangerous disinfo as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> actively works against attempts to fingerprint and track <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> users.</p><ul><li>I do consider Tor more private than any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> simply becaise they can neither ban users nor identify them.</li></ul><p>In fact, Tor has been designed with the explicit goal to circumvent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firewalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firewalls</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCensorship</span></a> methods like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeepApcketInspection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepApcketInspection</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Which is why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnionShare</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>micahflee</span></a></span> works so great!</li></ul><p>As a matter of principle I'd never vouch for any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> solution of any kind, including <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Session" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Session</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Tor is sufficiently decentralized in that it is not only completely <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> but has proven to not have SPOFs in the form of maintainers and is able to <em>yeet</em> proplematic folks (unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WikiLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WikiLeaks</span></a>!)…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@fennix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> and potentially <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCensorship</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrafficDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficDiscrimination</span></a> due to lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>loglessVPN</span></a>|s"</em> and no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> provider will <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210606070919/twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">risk jailtime for any.client</a>…</p>
Replied in thread

@chinwagnews Are we talking in human years or ibis years?

None of the politicians squawking in favour of this Age Verification issue are making sense.

Makes you wonder:
- What's it for? Really, apart from appealing to pearl-clutching technophobes who mutter "Won't somebody think of the children?"
- They're talking it up, but can it actually do any good?
- How will it be implemented?
- Can this whacky plan even _be_ implemented by every Tech company around the world to satisfy some knobs in Canberra?
- Why are the ALP and LNP perennially obsessed with censoring what we can do on the Internet, and is this another iteration of the "Great Firewall of Australia", "Filter", and "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" garbage previous governments have attempted?
- How many Cyber Star Rating stickers will I need to certify my Age Verification score?

The ALP and LNP may as well be talking in dog years because their proposed Age Verification legislation is a dog's breakfast.

Replied in thread

@steevmi1 @thegibson @hrbrmstr personally, I consider all #VPN that isn't a connection to your own business/home network to a #Snakeoil except when it comes to circumventing #Geoblocking and/or #InternetCensorship and accessing sites & content!

That's why @monocles don't offer a #VPN (They could easily buy that as a white-label/ "Managed Service for Reselling" or shove some stuff in a datacenter and callit a day.

Twitterthaddeus e. grugq on Twitter“I’m gonna tell you a secret about “logless VPNs” — they don’t exist. Noone is going to risk jail for your $5/mo https://t.co/Q2aOQJkG4g”

The recording on my @Bellingcat Stage Talk is up on their soundcloud. "Websites You Can't Access and How to Find Them" is an overview of the research I explored as a Bellingcat Fellow in 2022, and the tools I used. A good chunk of the talk is all about @ooni and #internetcensorship. The Q&A covers practical advice for doing research safely online, the #splinternet, and censorship resistant tech (hi, @torproject). on.soundcloud.com/g9Qjp