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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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mullvadnet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.freifunk.net/@freifunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>freifunk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> <br> +9001%</p><p>I think the same, and a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> has it's merits espechally when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and high-bandwith applications.</p><ul><li>In fact <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> warns against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Torrenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torrenting</span></a> over <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/BitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitTorrent</span></a> clients routinely fuck up and <em>deanonymize</em> users.</li></ul><p>(And that's not even accounting for the intensity of traffic that it burdens the Network with!)</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tiggi.es/@thygrrr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thygrrr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@PallasRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PallasRiot</span></a></span> I mean if you just want to circumvent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> then yeah...</p><ul><li>Tho not shure if one can VPN to them via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>... </li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114953865903981711" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1149538</span><span class="invisible">65903981711</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@hakan_geijer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hakan_geijer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@PallasRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PallasRiot</span></a></span> The only <em>"legitimate use case"</em> for a commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> I know of is circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a>... </p><ul><li>Neither will a VPN prevent leakage of data!</li></ul><p>That's why I <em>explicitly recommended</em> using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>, because that does have mitigations in place against that and <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> does so too...</p><ul><li>Again: Your mileage may vary and depend on the individual threat assessment on a case-by-case basis.</li></ul>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>It's not only Gilead cutting back on Soft Power and pulling back on putting ourselves out into the world...</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg065058no" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg0650</span><span class="invisible">58no</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBCSounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCSounds</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@pmevzek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pmevzek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jschauma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> And that is espechally baffling considering that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/APNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNIC</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIR</span></a> ran out of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a>|s <em>first</em>.</p><ul><li>And right now I'm <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114893206890479106" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>between a rock and a hard place</em></a> and either become a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ripencc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ripencc</span></a></span> member or cough up equal amounts in monthly installments just to get some properly geolocated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a>. </li></ul><p>Cuz people telling me <em>"Oh, just use <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HEnet's Tunnelbroker</a>""</em> never experienced the shitshow that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Noncompliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Noncompliance</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malvertising</span></a> to slap their faces!</p><ul><li>Cuz believe me, I tried, but since some idiots decided to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GeoIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoIP</span></a> entire <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASN</span></a>|s and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Allocations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Allocations</span></a> the PoP in FRA (FFM actually) will get me mislocated to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>!</li></ul>
feinstruktur<p>Question for the technical more affine!<br>Is there a safe and easy way around geoblocking on Youtube?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechnicalSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalSupport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Help</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://netzkms.de/@neu3no" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neu3no</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://labyrinth.zone/users/halva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>halva</span></a></span> yes and no.</p><ul><li>I can see the benefit of a miniaturized retro gaming system (I think legacy systems need to be served with properly maintained software &amp; hardware).</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P1E2vjpcRo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=2P1E2vjpcRo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WfiRRvQXo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=B8WfiRRvQXo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>As with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a> the problem is that there is no mandate to provide users with static prefixes and I'm stuck on a /28 of IPv4's and can't even get a singoe /64.</p><ul><li>And before you ask: No, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> is not a valid solution as HE.net's tunnel will get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GeoIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoIP</span></a>'d even eith the PoP in FRA so it bricks a shitload of things due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and bad <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/peering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peering</span></a>. Believe me, I tried that already!</li></ul>
Piiieps & Brummm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> I do <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GeoBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoBlocking</span></a> on the login side of my server (submission, imap). Only login from an European country is allowed. This is possible, because I usually know the whereabouts of my users. If we travel outside Europe, I can temporarily allow that counrty. :-)</p><p>Do you do anything of that kind?</p>
Walker<p>When can we declare IP Geo location / country code blocking practically dead as a mitigation strategy?</p><p>Sure it is still useful blocking script kiddies from Iran and other low hanging fruit, but do any serious APT crews actually launch attacks from their home country anymore? </p><p>With the use of zero trust, distributed attack and delivery networks (looking at you Cloudflare), and VPN usage country blocking feels less useful than in the past. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/zerotrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zerotrust</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoblocking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/apt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/scriptkiddie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scriptkiddie</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/networksecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networksecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudflare</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> (which is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> nightmare at best that <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrivacyExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>DECnet</span></a> approach and use the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUI48" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUI48</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAC</span></a>-Address (or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUI64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>vendors</span></a> and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>ICCID</span></a> dictates <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> access and not the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> address space was inspired by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4only</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> but my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HEnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HEnet</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> fail face first due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASNs</span></a> get geolocated, not their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> I would've mandated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DualStack</span></a> and banned <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGNAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>RFC1918</span></a> address spaces) as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStackLite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> also every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunneling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tunneling</span></a> - regardless if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> or whatever - will inevitably introduce <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/latency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> with horrible <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/peering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and bypassing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Banning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banning</span></a> (i.e. for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>HEnet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4only</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kubikpixel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> has similar utilization as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGNAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CGNAT</span></a>, so easily they'll have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LawfulInterception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">logless VPNs are a lie</a> and besides circumventing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> and good.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:vpn, tor, education.
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@wmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">@<span>miqokin</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> - a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> catering towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> or GTFO!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jetsoft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">@<span>hanse_mina</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> alongside <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> was part of their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>BGP</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blackholing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">@<span>jana</span></a></span> what if my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> makes using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HurricaneElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a>'s <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tunnelbroker</a> useless cuz some idiots decided to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geolocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocate</span></a> based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a>) hacks like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/6in4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>6in4</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/6over4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>6over4</span></a> with <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> <br><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_5727" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">@<span>kline</span></a></span> sadly no, as my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> at <a href="https://tunnelbroker.net" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> by virtue of it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASN</span></a> despite choosing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>GIF</span></a>-tunnel thanks to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a>!</p></li></ul>