We have no control over the proxy sites (which is good - no central point of failure) what people do once they reach these proxy sites is not any of our business.
A person can do _exactly_ whatever they could do previously on these proxy sites. Our addon does not give them extra powers to do more or less.
Think of it as a taxi service, we take them to the airport... what they do once they get to the airport is out of the scope of the cab driver.
We have no idea why they are going to the airport either and quite frankly, it's none of our business.
but YOU are playing whack-a-mole with a browser plug-in.
Are you saying we are doing the whacking and they are the moles? If that were true then we would be the ones with the power, and thus the hammer. While I do think optimistically that's a little too optimistic even for me!
MY solutions are more comprehensive, basically to tax The Rich (including Big Media) back down to where they're no longer a danger to the 99%.
While you are there get me a unicorn for my kid please!
Would ask for a fairy but you would probably get me Tom Cruise or Clay Aiken :P
- and further escalation -- is absolutely predictable
Ok, I'll bite:
What do you suggest?
Let them just get away with doing whatever they want?
Bend over, pray they are kind enough to pass you the lube?
The thing is, they are playing our... domain(hehe), we will run rings around these idiots. If we were playing in the courthouse they would do to us what we are doing to them: kick ass.
They escalate: we dodge, hop, skip and jump and get out a new solution.
While they have to find someone to look into each of our "solutions" and how to "fix" it, we look at what they do and a couple of minutes later we know how to respond.
Cat and mouse, whack a mole or pick your favorite phrase but remember our moles are on steroids, bench press 300 and are holding your mamma hostage!
Not really sure if your one quick line was trolling. If yes, well done! /b would be proud of you!
If no:
As others have posted, its not about pirating - these ham fisted attempts at controlling the internet are just going to fragment it into country specific chunks rather than the full internet as we enjoy it today.
MAFIAAFire refuses to sit idly by and will use our spare time, as well as spare change, to match 50 cents for every million the MAFIAA spend - but still kick their ass!
(Hey! We are the first to admit we are not in the 1% but definitely the 99%)
A lot of what we do is illegal in China (like watching porn) and we give a crap about breaking Chinese laws as much as we give a crap about breaking US laws.
We are Swedish citizens, we are not breaking Swedish law.
US lawmakers can go suck an egg for all we care.
If it becomes illegal and Mozilla asks us to move, we'll host this on our own _Swedish_ website (in English of course).
When talking to some of our friends they did not even know what a "proxy" was, when we tried to explain how "hidemyass" works they thought we were kidding as there just isnt a site with the name "hide my ass" that is this "proxy" thingy.
Keeping that in mind we designed this.
You don't need to _know_ what a proxy is, how it works or change any of your browsing habits... it just ****ing works! (Added the stars and the extra word so we do get sued).
In short:
People dont really understand tech nor like change.
The idea is, you don't change any of your habits, except for the initial install, you won't feel it if sites get seized or blocked.
Have no fear we are already working on something that is going to put a dent into the French governments plans... as well as others who wish to censor the net.
Cheers!
MAFIAAFire
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Random from multiple proxy listing sites.
We have no control over the proxy sites (which is good - no central point of failure) what people do once they reach these proxy sites is not any of our business.
A person can do _exactly_ whatever they could do previously on these proxy sites. Our addon does not give them extra powers to do more or less.
Think of it as a taxi service, we take them to the airport... what they do once they get to the airport is out of the scope of the cab driver.
We have no idea why they are going to the airport either and quite frankly, it's none of our business.
Re: Re: Re: Does China's Great Firewall work? -- Yes, largely.
but YOU are playing whack-a-mole with a browser plug-in.
Are you saying we are doing the whacking and they are the moles? If that were true then we would be the ones with the power, and thus the hammer. While I do think optimistically that's a little too optimistic even for me!
MY solutions are more comprehensive, basically to tax The Rich (including Big Media) back down to where they're no longer a danger to the 99%.
While you are there get me a unicorn for my kid please!
Would ask for a fairy but you would probably get me Tom Cruise or Clay Aiken :P
Re: Does China's Great Firewall work? -- Yes, largely.
- and further escalation -- is absolutely predictable
Ok, I'll bite:
What do you suggest?
Let them just get away with doing whatever they want?
Bend over, pray they are kind enough to pass you the lube?
The thing is, they are playing our... domain(hehe), we will run rings around these idiots. If we were playing in the courthouse they would do to us what we are doing to them: kick ass.
They escalate: we dodge, hop, skip and jump and get out a new solution.
While they have to find someone to look into each of our "solutions" and how to "fix" it, we look at what they do and a couple of minutes later we know how to respond.
Cat and mouse, whack a mole or pick your favorite phrase but remember our moles are on steroids, bench press 300 and are holding your mamma hostage!
Re: Re: Re:
Another satisfied "customer"!
Use it in good health my cyber brother ;)
Re: Workarounds to continue what you claim you're NOT doing?
Not really sure if your one quick line was trolling. If yes, well done! /b would be proud of you!
If no:
As others have posted, its not about pirating - these ham fisted attempts at controlling the internet are just going to fragment it into country specific chunks rather than the full internet as we enjoy it today.
MAFIAAFire refuses to sit idly by and will use our spare time, as well as spare change, to match 50 cents for every million the MAFIAA spend - but still kick their ass!
(Hey! We are the first to admit we are not in the 1% but definitely the 99%)
Re: Sigh
Wish we were 20 year olds... that would be pretty awesome but we claim your praise/compliment none the less! ;)
Thank you!
Re: Re: Re:
Illegal in the US.
A lot of what we do is illegal in China (like watching porn) and we give a crap about breaking Chinese laws as much as we give a crap about breaking US laws.
We are Swedish citizens, we are not breaking Swedish law.
US lawmakers can go suck an egg for all we care.
If it becomes illegal and Mozilla asks us to move, we'll host this on our own _Swedish_ website (in English of course).
Re: Re: I've said it before...
Charlie_Sheen_WINNING.jpg
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When talking to some of our friends they did not even know what a "proxy" was, when we tried to explain how "hidemyass" works they thought we were kidding as there just isnt a site with the name "hide my ass" that is this "proxy" thingy.
Keeping that in mind we designed this.
You don't need to _know_ what a proxy is, how it works or change any of your browsing habits... it just ****ing works! (Added the stars and the extra word so we do get sued).
In short:
People dont really understand tech nor like change.
The idea is, you don't change any of your habits, except for the initial install, you won't feel it if sites get seized or blocked.
Re: Re: No worries...
We have been called many things, evolution is not one of them.
Quite flattered really :)
No worries...
Have no fear we are already working on something that is going to put a dent into the French governments plans... as well as others who wish to censor the net.
Cheers!
MAFIAAFire