Virgin UK is blocking DNS Resolution to kiwifarms dot net

[IamnottheNSA]

Regardless of intention, it's a cautionary tale. The fact that nobody in this thread was surprised at the prospect of the UK implementing China-level firewalls is a warning that all UK kiwis should get a VPN going pronto.

A small correction:

all kiwis should get a VPN going pronto

 

[Spunt]

Yeah if you're not already accessing the Farms (or indeed most of the internet) without a VPN or something stronger you're asking for trouble. Not just in Englandistan, either.

 

[SweetDefeat01]

Hey Kiwis, just wanted to shill Proton VPN. I'm using it since September, and I can say for sure that it's relatively fast, even on free connections.

 

[SweetDefeat01]

Yeah if you're not already accessing the Farms (or indeed most of the internet) without a VPN or something stronger you're asking for trouble. Not just in Englandistan, either.

What do you mean?

 

[Danger Mouse]

KF is not blocked with Verizon.

Fuck the UK I'm thunkful I left the shithole country when I got the chance.

 

[Spunt]

What do you mean?

Even the UK Police are privately advising anyone who runs a business from their home to use a VPN, such is the torrent of hacking, phishing and fraud you will face if you dare have a public-facing website, email address or any public other exposure to the web. A fraud squad copper said to me "5 years ago we assumed anyone using a VPN was a criminal, now advising everyone we meet to get one".

It also means that it's unlikely the UK government will ban VPNs in the near future, or if they do it will be like other useless UK government internet "bans" that was created by the kind of people who write their network passwords on Post-It Notes attached to their screen and ask their secretaries to print off their email for them. Everyone who knows one end of a computer from the other will carry on as they have always done.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

I didn’t have any trouble accessing this morning when I came to post my usual gifs of animals I’ve trained to Nazi salute.

 

[Kuchipatchi]

PrivateInternetAccess.

Thanks, all the way from the US (according to the IP, anyways).
I run a small business at home and after reading someone's post about home business workers need a vpn, I HAD to get it.

How easy is it to obtain an IP address?
Would be nice if there are more awareness campaigns about the dangers of not masking your IP.

 

[Sable]

I've had no issues accessing the Farms from my iPod either, and that thing's a random piece of junk that doesn't have any workarounds or anything on it.

Might be the block's more ineffectual or imaginary than we're worrying about.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

I knew Virgin loves to kill test pilots in a experimental spacecraft designed by nut jobs, but this is pathetic.

 

[AlexJonesGotMePregnant]

I'm curious- does Tor Browser get around the block? I've never accessed the site without using it, knowing how fucking creepy people are about their frozen peaches and what not.

 

[Antique Rice]

Gotta balance it out somehow. We've spawned some of the best. We also produce the scummiest of scum too.

You already inflicted Ricky Gervais upon us, haven't we suffered enough?

 

[Spunt]

Thanks, all the way from the US (according to the IP, anyways).
I run a small business at home and after reading someone's post about home business workers need a vpn, I HAD to get it.

How easy is it to obtain an IP address?
Would be nice if there are more awareness campaigns about the dangers of not masking your IP.

Assuming you're in the UK, you can ask your ISP to re-assign your address manually, but the new one would be just as vulnerable as the old one and the government can still snoop on it etc. If you're using a VPN (I use NordVPN, many others are available) it's literally one click to not only change your IP, but also appear online almost anywhere in the world that you want to. If I want to watch Hulu , US Netflix or other region-locked content, one click and boom, Netflix's site thinks I'm in New Jersey and I can watch series 3 of Attack on Titan.

You already inflicted Ricky Gervais upon us, haven't we suffered enough?

I see your Ricky Gervais and raise you Piers Morgan

 

[drtoboggan]

Do we need to bail your ass out again, England?

 

[Sable]

I see your Ricky Gervais and raise you Piers Morgan

And that guy that screams about icecream too....right?

 

[Kylie Raina]

Fuck them for pulling that shit. Apparently free speech is nonexistent in the UK and they think they have the right to block what they consider “hate speech”. Thank fuck for backup domains lol

 

[Inquisitor_BadAss]

Even the UK Police are privately advising anyone who runs a business from their home to use a VPN, such is the torrent of hacking, phishing and fraud you will face if you dare have a public-facing website, email address or any public other exposure to the web. A fraud squad copper said to me "5 years ago we assumed anyone using a VPN was a criminal, now advising everyone we meet to get one".

It also means that it's unlikely the UK government will ban VPNs in the near future, or if they do it will be like other useless UK government internet "bans" that was created by the kind of people who write their network passwords on Post-It Notes attached to their screen and ask their secretaries to print off their email for them. Everyone who knows one end of a computer from the other will carry on as they have always done.

Even government departments use VPNs.

 

[TheWatchfulFurfag]

Is ultrasurf any good? It's a classic for chinese dissidents.

 

[AnOminous]

The block only happens if you leave the child safety on.

Tbh kids probably shouldn't be here.

Even government departments use VPNs.

At least when they're not idiots editing Wikipedia articles about themselves and getting caught.

I'm curious- does Tor Browser get around the block? I've never accessed the site without using it, knowing how fucking creepy people are about their frozen peaches and what not.

If you can connect to tor, you can get around anything except blocks on tor itself by the site, and if you are blocked from tor by your ISP, there are workarounds for that, too. The only real reason to worry about tor is if you are in one of the genuinely fucked shithole countries where using tor is a crime by itself, in which case, get out of that Islamic shit pit.

 

[byuu]

You already inflicted Ricky Gervais upon us, haven't we suffered enough?

Don't forgot all the awful countries they spawned like Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia, and Canada.