How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks (wired.co.uk) 14 points by middleclick 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] jcpenny1 5y ago ↗ This is about https://netblocks.org that are frequently quoted here and in the media when it comes to censorship and internet connectivity issues.It seems like they are doing so without user consent and making up their data?
[–] yeaccount 5y ago ↗ https://web.archive.org/web/20191216021703if_/https:/twitter...A fascinating exchange. It seems like Netblocks has no answers and starts attacking you?
[–] nickdothutton 5y ago ↗ They don’t even need to abuse the browser in order to collect this data. We achieved something very similar for a different end without any such behaviour. https://blog.eutopian.io/nsa-prisms-commercial-cousin/
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[ 164 ms ] story [ 928 ms ] threadIt seems like they are doing so without user consent and making up their data?
A fascinating exchange. It seems like Netblocks has no answers and starts attacking you?