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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Still no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> fan but <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@airvpn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>airvpn</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AirVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirVPN</span></a> at least has a purpose given they have an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnionService</span></a> at: <a href="http://airvpn3epnw2fnsbx5x2ppzjs6vxtdarldas7wjyqvhscj7x43fxylqd.onion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">airvpn3epnw2fnsbx5x2ppzjs6vxtd</span><span class="invisible">arldas7wjyqvhscj7x43fxylqd.onion</span></a></p><ul><li>Circumvent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DontBlockTor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontBlockTor</span></a>-blockades and provide an alternative <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/ExitNode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExitNode</span></a>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://woem.men/@rain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rain</span></a></span> sadly that is true.</p><ul><li>Consider usibg <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> and selecting an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExitNode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExitNode</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> then...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:rant, cyberspace privatization
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> vielleicht liegts daran dass im nachbar-/24 nen <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ExitNode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExitNode</span></a> steht?</p>
David Field<p>Been busy getting a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tailscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tailscale</span></a> team setup at home so can protect multiple people using Tailscale, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nextdns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nextdns</span></a> an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/exitnode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exitnode</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> always on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vpn</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@tailscale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tailscale</span></a></span></p>
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters<p>Also our testing indicates <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> is <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/censorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorable</span></a> and there is active censorship in the network, especially when <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/trafficAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficAnalysis</span></a> may be able to identify who is using a connection.</p><p>We have tried multiple times to use <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/OnionShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnionShare</span></a> and the connection cuts out about 1MB into the download everytime.</p><p>So its not just <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/exitNode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exitNode</span></a> related.</p><p>This means Tor is no longer able to protect <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowers</span></a> and <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> in <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> (elsewhere?).</p><p>Seems <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/I2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>I2P</span></a> is a way forward.</p><p><a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/useI2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>useI2P</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>smallcircles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@vegafjord" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vegafjord</span></a></span></p>
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters<p>Is anyone else getting the 'Secure Site Not Available' screen in <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a>?</p><p>Its been appearing frequently in Tor since about a year ago now, and it tries to downgrade the connection to an <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/HTTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTTP</span></a> request.</p><p>It occurs somewhat randomly.</p><p>Our first thought was some sort of <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/exitNode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exitNode</span></a> TLS <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/DownGradeAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DownGradeAttack</span></a>, but we have reason to believe that the browser is randomly just trying to force users to downgrade their connection.</p><p>Thoughts? </p><p><a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/secureSiteNotAvailable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secureSiteNotAvailable</span></a> <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a> <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/TLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TLS</span></a></p>