National Security Just Called, They Can't See the Email Traffic

(chronicles.mad-scientist.club)

46 points | by nivethan 4 hours ago

7 comments

  • miloignis 4 hours ago
    Looks like the HTTP 418 is due to the HN referrer header, copy-paste into a new tab worked fine.
    • mgraybosch 4 hours ago
      It could be worse.

      Have you seen what you get if you visit jwz.org with a HN referrer header?

      Not that I blame JWZ at all.

      • wyldfire 3 hours ago
        Let's test it out: https://www.jwz.org/

        EDIT: I laughed.

        • mgraybosch 3 hours ago
          So do I, but a lot of people here don't care much for the notion that neither HN nor its parent company YCombinator are universally admired.
    • unethical_ban 3 hours ago
      Ah, so this is why I need to disable cross site referer info in Vanadium.
  • crimsonnoodle58 4 hours ago
  • poisonborz 3 hours ago
    This was an open secret I saw mentioned a number of timed on forums of Hungarian internet in those years (secret services having black boxes plugged in to servers of ISPs). Open range times, before https was common.
  • wffurr 4 hours ago
    Site just returns HTTP 418 "I'm a teapot".
    • ihuman 4 hours ago
      It only returns that if you click the link in HN. If you open a new tab and paste the URL, it works.
  • deckar01 4 hours ago
  • daft_pink 3 hours ago
    why anyone thinks email is secure is beyond me.
  • unethical_ban 4 hours ago
    I'm getting an HTTP 418 accessing the site.
    • quantified 4 hours ago
      National Security called, you can't see the article.
    • hypeatei 4 hours ago
      Are you trying to brew coffee?