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  • Google Drive blackout in Italy

    From Robert@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 23 10:22:50 2024
    After blocking Cloudflare to prevent IPTV piracy just a few months ago,
    on Saturday the rightsholders behind Piracy Shield ordered Italy's ISPs
    to block Google Drive. The subsequent nationwide blackout, affecting
    millions of Italians, wasn't just a hapless IP address blunder. This was
    the reckless blocking of a Google.com subdomain that many 10-year-olds
    could identify as being important. Reckless people and internet
    infrastructure, what could possibly go wrong next?

    The mind boggles...

    <https://torrentfreak.com/>
    --
    Rob
    "I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational
    in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary
    to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7

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  • From Rich@21:1/5 to Robert on Wed Oct 23 11:52:57 2024
    Robert <monstoor@spammedia.com> wrote:

    This was the reckless blocking of a Google.com subdomain that many 10-year-olds could identify as being important.

    Yes, 10 year olds can, because 10 year olds have an understanding of
    technology that the 82+ year old lawyers (who likely still /dictate/
    their writings) that make up the court that made the decision do not.

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