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Wait there is something behind the curtain?

Right now we are getting age verification everywhere. So this might very well become a adult only feature. Maybe a children version that is restricted to a symbolic interface.

I think they are trying to frontear new legal ideas regarding copyright law. That the IP still belongs to the platform/corporation after it went through a generative AI.

This sucks from an artist/worker pov. This sucks from public domain pov. But I think it’s reachable goal, especially for Disney.

Don’t think this has anything to do with extended service update activation if you are concerned about that. The ESU should still work as it uses a different activation approach. Massgrave also has other ways to activate windows.

And Microsoft might actually have broken this by accident. If they wanted to get rid of massgrave they would probably start by deleting the github org.

No you are right, it’s a dns thing, unable to resolve. But for some reason it goes and reappears which seems unusual for DNS problems.

I’m on Mullvad both for VPN and as DNS over HTTPS provider.

You don’t need to look into it for me, just letting you know.

It works again

Is it already dead?

It’s more or less in response to this https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-gen-ai-user-generated-content-1236426135/

I’d argue it’s not a question of intelligence but of network equipment. In many countries ISPs are private companies and there which complicates measures that require specialised equipment. Blocking DNS is basically free, routers can void IPs and IP ranges, broad checks for sequences in package payload are more expensive (scanning for Wireguard) and approaches to distinguish OpenVPN from other SSL even more.

I’d be careful with wireguard if VPN is illegal. OpenVPN has a SSL handshake. Wireguard has a Wireguard handshake.

OpenVPN fingerprinting exists too but it’s an actual effort. For Wireguard you just need tcpdump and a basic filter.

I think the Chinese VPN ban is a bit exaggerated

You can rent a server and run OpenVPN on that server on port 443. Maybe even with port sharing so that the server can act like a regular webserver too.

It’s easier to trace the traffic back to you if the server runs in your name but it’s pretty hard to tell that you are using VPN if you aren’t connecting to a known VPN provider.

I used to find books and papers by googling the title and clicking on results. It’s not that crazy.