Have no ability to confirm this wasn’t a security false-positive, but demonstrates danger of carrier-level DPI under government control.https://twitter.com/matalaz/status/915541806426845186 …
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Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity
Seems this is carrier infrastructure; it's unclear if this is directly under government control or (more likely) they were told to do this.
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Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity
No real difference between this and e.g. court-ordered child porn or piracy site takedowns, though. We know govts order ISPs to block sites.
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Replying to @marcan42 @SwiftOnSecurity
I mean, court orders require a court, and it's not obvious this did. In the US, that's a huge difference. Idk about their legal context tho.
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Replying to @jackie_cs_ @SwiftOnSecurity
There were multiple court orders ordering blocking of various referendum related sites. Unclear for the last minute actions.
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But given the whole thing was ruled illegal to begin with, well, I'm not sure how much of a difference that makes.
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One thing I wonder: referendum aside, were the sites breaking data protection laws too? PII (like DNI numbers) is subject to the LOPD law.
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It's easy to fall into sympathy for the referendum (and the Spanish response didn't help) but the sketchiness on that side was vast too.
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