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

[nivethan]

https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/27-years-of-linux/

[miloignis]

Looks like the HTTP 418 is due to the HN referrer header, copy-paste into a new tab worked fine.

[mgraybosch → miloignis]

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 → mgraybosch]

Let's test it out: https://www.jwz.org/

EDIT: I laughed.

[mgraybosch → wyldfire]

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 → miloignis]

Ah, so this is why I need to disable cross site referer info in Vanadium.

[crimsonnoodle58]

https://archive.md/1Hr5t

[poisonborz]

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]

Site just returns HTTP 418 "I'm a teapot".

[ihuman → wffurr]

It only returns that if you click the link in HN. If you open a new tab and paste the URL, it works.

[deckar01]

https://web.archive.org/web/20240102061501/https://chronicle...

[daft_pink]

why anyone thinks email is secure is beyond me.

[unethical_ban]

I'm getting an HTTP 418 accessing the site.

[quantified → unethical_ban]

National Security called, you can't see the article.

[hypeatei → unethical_ban]

Are you trying to brew coffee?