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Setting esni to enabled in Firefox partially works. But Airtel really, really wants to run scripts and show ads on blocked pages. Duckduckgo - https://i.post

Setting esni to enabled in Firefox partially works. But Airtel really, really wants to run scripts and show ads on blocked pages. Duckduckgo - https://i.postimg.cc/SqkRhpRC/Mozilla-Firefox-29-09-20-w-PA.png https://i.postimg.cc/SqkRhpRC/Mozilla-Firefox-29-09-20-w-PA.... Pirate Bay - https://i.postimg.cc/qMmwMXVY/t-29-09-20-9-Dv.png https://i.postimg.cc/qMmwMXVY/t-29-09-20-9-Dv.png

dannyw 6y ago
DuckDuckGo is blocked in India??
- vinay_ys 6y ago
  Nope
- uname_amiy 6y ago
  Yes, ISPs are blocking DDG. Airtel(ISP) is blocking DDG but HTTPS version is accessible. https://imgur.com/a/y7wnOjD https://imgur.com/a/y7wnOjD
  - smolder 6y ago
    What reason could they have for blocking DDG? Is it easier to find pirated content there than on Google or something? That's my best guess. I can't imagine they'd block on behalf of a competitor or something.
    - justDankin 6y ago
      You never know. Could be a mistake where they were trying to block a certain path due to some search result of copyright infringement, but ended up banning the domain itself. One can only guess. Reddit and Github have previously been temporarily banned in India due to similar "mistakes"
    - pjc50 6y ago
      I suspect it's political censorship/surveillance of some sort. Some suggest it's collateral damage from the ban on Chinese apps. https://www.themobileindian.com/news/duckduckgo-blocked-by-multiple-service-providers-in-india-31958 https://www.themobileindian.com/news/duckduckgo-blocked-by-m... Whether that's a mistake or they've made an enemy of some sort is not clear. India is a democratic country but not an especially free one.
    - jacquesm 6y ago
      DDG is a strong advocate for user privacy, that might be all it takes.
    - walrus01 6y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India
    - imglorp 6y ago
      Is it possible the big guys will provide (sell?) query surveillance feeds to random governments while DDG can't/won't?
    - the-dude 6y ago
      Ducks are considered sacred in India, or so I have heard. I could be wrong though.
  - IceWreck 6y ago
    even the http version is accessible to me
- deleted 6y ago
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- perryizgr8 6y ago
  Not blocked for me on my home and mobile (Jio) connection. I think airtel is just crap. Just switch.
Tepix 6y ago
How do they inject stuff into HTTPS pages?
- kzrdude 6y ago
  it does say "Not secure" for the https info, so I guess they intercept the request
  - disiplus 6y ago
    yeah but not secure is regular http. on https they cannot do that without triggering a browser warning.
- walrus01 6y ago
  things that do stuff like this can't, they try whatever tricks are possible to push javascript or redirects to send the client browser to something non https, on port 80
- eggsnbacon1 6y ago
  Unless the site uses certificate pinning its possible to do a downgrade attack that forces browser off of HTTPS. The extension HTTPS Everywhere is a stopgap against this
codezero 6y ago
Heads up, that site was injected with a ton of malware/adware and redirects. Possibly their ad network got hosed, but that site doesn't seem safe unless you are locked down.

dannyw 6y ago

DuckDuckGo is blocked in India??

vinay_ys 6y ago
Nope
uname_amiy 6y ago
Yes, ISPs are blocking DDG. Airtel(ISP) is blocking DDG but HTTPS version is accessible. https://imgur.com/a/y7wnOjD https://imgur.com/a/y7wnOjD
- smolder 6y ago
  What reason could they have for blocking DDG? Is it easier to find pirated content there than on Google or something? That's my best guess. I can't imagine they'd block on behalf of a competitor or something.
  - justDankin 6y ago
    You never know. Could be a mistake where they were trying to block a certain path due to some search result of copyright infringement, but ended up banning the domain itself. One can only guess. Reddit and Github have previously been temporarily banned in India due to similar "mistakes"
  - pjc50 6y ago
    I suspect it's political censorship/surveillance of some sort. Some suggest it's collateral damage from the ban on Chinese apps. https://www.themobileindian.com/news/duckduckgo-blocked-by-multiple-service-providers-in-india-31958 https://www.themobileindian.com/news/duckduckgo-blocked-by-m... Whether that's a mistake or they've made an enemy of some sort is not clear. India is a democratic country but not an especially free one.
  - jacquesm 6y ago
    DDG is a strong advocate for user privacy, that might be all it takes.
  - walrus01 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India
  - imglorp 6y ago
    Is it possible the big guys will provide (sell?) query surveillance feeds to random governments while DDG can't/won't?
  - the-dude 6y ago
    Ducks are considered sacred in India, or so I have heard. I could be wrong though.
- IceWreck 6y ago
  even the http version is accessible to me
deleted 6y ago
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perryizgr8 6y ago
Not blocked for me on my home and mobile (Jio) connection. I think airtel is just crap. Just switch.

Tepix 6y ago

How do they inject stuff into HTTPS pages?

kzrdude 6y ago
it does say "Not secure" for the https info, so I guess they intercept the request
- disiplus 6y ago
  yeah but not secure is regular http. on https they cannot do that without triggering a browser warning.
walrus01 6y ago
things that do stuff like this can't, they try whatever tricks are possible to push javascript or redirects to send the client browser to something non https, on port 80
eggsnbacon1 6y ago
Unless the site uses certificate pinning its possible to do a downgrade attack that forces browser off of HTTPS. The extension HTTPS Everywhere is a stopgap against this

codezero 6y ago

Heads up, that site was injected with a ton of malware/adware and redirects. Possibly their ad network got hosed, but that site doesn't seem safe unless you are locked down.