I will attempt to answer your multiple questions spanning many posts in this one post, just repost any Q I may skip and you find important:
> I was glad to see that in MafiaaFire's response to my comment, they said they were limiting what areas the plug-in supports.
Absolutely.
Kiddy porn peddlers are scum, we actually hope some will sign up so we can help trace them and get them some nice cell mates.
Medicine sites are bad because fake medicine harms people. There is no way to know which are the actual "canadian medicine" sellers so all are a no-no.
Replica sites... well, while we can sympathize with the ladies for not wanting to pay the crazy prices again, its hard to say which ones are decent sellers and which ones just want to rip off people with crap... so again a no-no.
Spammers - they need their nuts in a vice (personal opinion), you can take a guess if we will allow them.
Other than that, if you are getting censored... we are (almost always) there to help. Every site will be manually approved.
> Let's suppose we can trust MafiaaFire. They say the code will be open source, so that makes trust easy.
Download our plug-in right now, rename it to .zip, open it in your fav zip program (winzip,7zip, winrar etc) see for yourself, we even left the comments as is to help you understand the scripting.
> Even so, MafiaaFire will need to stay constantly vigilant to protect against being used for nefarious purposes not actually related to intellectual property.
Thats why we have links on the plugin redirecting and on our site, our users can report a site at anytime and we do a check, any bad sites (both the main and redirected to site) gets blacklisted by us and can never come back.
> Mozilla is not going to be checking the domain name replacement lists.
Of course not, they cannot because it will keep changing. But also keep this in mind, people who download it are the ones who need to trust us, and nobody will download something like this without trusting us which is why we waited for TF to run the article before going live.
> Additionally, if Mozilla allows this plug-in how can they be sure that a developer who offers a similar plug-in can be trusted?
Because the people who use the plugin will not download from WeMayDirectYouToCrap.com
but I do get your point... it can be a bit hard.
ALL servers that supply the lists are ours (mine and friends/colleagues).
I'm a security guy (but don't work for HBGary :P) security was high on our list
Mike also stole the timeline thingy from our site (it's in this article).
Now that he has taken it from our site (stole) all other visitors wont be able to see it. Our right have been violated - can someone kindly tell us who do we talk to about getting a couple of trillion?
7k is total downloads from our site and official mozilla add-on site.
It might be slightly lower as we count all redirects to the Mozilla site as a download.
E.g: If someone clicks on download (version 1) from our site we redirect them to the mozilla site and the counter registers it as a download; this assumes that that person will install the plugin.
> They will also have to constantly investigate to make sure they don't include the malware installation sites or those that want to spoof a real site.
People can report if the site has gone rogue by clicking on the "link" as the page is redirecting.
>How do they confirm that a request to register is from the domain's true owner?
We use the same tech as Google to verify the site is owned by the person who claims so... Try adding your site and you will see how ;)
> Another problem that is introduced is how does a user decide who they can trust to download and install a plug-in?
The plugin's source is easily readable and is going to be open source...
Hi!
I'm the guy who made the website :)
We did have help in the plugin code (a lot) so I cannot take credit for it myself (it looks nice on the site that way though...I did pay someone else for code), but I was the guy who had the idea.
Yes, a lot can be improved but it had to be _simple_.
For a pirate like me I can google, edit my hosts file and a lot of other tricks... these ICE blocks were not setup for determined guys like me but average Joe who has not idea what a hosts file is - and for the most part this is who we are targeting to install our plugin.
Better still if their tech pal/son etc installs it on their browser and forgets about it.
The reason we are not caching the "redirect list" is because if other countries (UK, Denmark) come up with a national block list it will only be as effective as the last time the user started their browser, but if we cache the list it can be blocked for days or more.
A future version would give the user the option of caching.
No donations so far so I just don't have time to create the Chrome plugin or hire someone else or do any updates - but I do not regret time/money spent or creating this.
Over 7k downloads so far - and 13k hits to the index page.
Any questions, please email us from the site.
Cheers!
Mafiaafire is already redirecting
The mafiaafire addon is already redirecting from Re1ease.net to the new site.
For many, it's like nothing happened.
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You might also consider donating to MAFIAAFire.com
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Thanks for the kind words and the tips!
Will def look into it!
Cheers!
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I will attempt to answer your multiple questions spanning many posts in this one post, just repost any Q I may skip and you find important:
> I was glad to see that in MafiaaFire's response to my comment, they said they were limiting what areas the plug-in supports.
Absolutely.
Kiddy porn peddlers are scum, we actually hope some will sign up so we can help trace them and get them some nice cell mates.
Medicine sites are bad because fake medicine harms people. There is no way to know which are the actual "canadian medicine" sellers so all are a no-no.
Replica sites... well, while we can sympathize with the ladies for not wanting to pay the crazy prices again, its hard to say which ones are decent sellers and which ones just want to rip off people with crap... so again a no-no.
Spammers - they need their nuts in a vice (personal opinion), you can take a guess if we will allow them.
Other than that, if you are getting censored... we are (almost always) there to help. Every site will be manually approved.
> Let's suppose we can trust MafiaaFire. They say the code will be open source, so that makes trust easy.
Download our plug-in right now, rename it to .zip, open it in your fav zip program (winzip,7zip, winrar etc) see for yourself, we even left the comments as is to help you understand the scripting.
> Even so, MafiaaFire will need to stay constantly vigilant to protect against being used for nefarious purposes not actually related to intellectual property.
Thats why we have links on the plugin redirecting and on our site, our users can report a site at anytime and we do a check, any bad sites (both the main and redirected to site) gets blacklisted by us and can never come back.
> Mozilla is not going to be checking the domain name replacement lists.
Of course not, they cannot because it will keep changing. But also keep this in mind, people who download it are the ones who need to trust us, and nobody will download something like this without trusting us which is why we waited for TF to run the article before going live.
> Additionally, if Mozilla allows this plug-in how can they be sure that a developer who offers a similar plug-in can be trusted?
Because the people who use the plugin will not download from WeMayDirectYouToCrap.com
but I do get your point... it can be a bit hard.
ALL servers that supply the lists are ours (mine and friends/colleagues).
I'm a security guy (but don't work for HBGary :P) security was high on our list
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Mike also stole the timeline thingy from our site (it's in this article).
Now that he has taken it from our site (stole) all other visitors wont be able to see it. Our right have been violated - can someone kindly tell us who do we talk to about getting a couple of trillion?
Re: Re: Hello!
Hey!
7k is total downloads from our site and official mozilla add-on site.
It might be slightly lower as we count all redirects to the Mozilla site as a download.
E.g: If someone clicks on download (version 1) from our site we redirect them to the mozilla site and the counter registers it as a download; this assumes that that person will install the plugin.
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> They will also have to constantly investigate to make sure they don't include the malware installation sites or those that want to spoof a real site.
People can report if the site has gone rogue by clicking on the "link" as the page is redirecting.
>How do they confirm that a request to register is from the domain's true owner?
We use the same tech as Google to verify the site is owned by the person who claims so... Try adding your site and you will see how ;)
> Another problem that is introduced is how does a user decide who they can trust to download and install a plug-in?
The plugin's source is easily readable and is going to be open source...
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From
http://mafiaafire.com/add_site.php
We have final say as to what domains are eligable: 'Medicine' and 'replica' sites are NOT eligible.
Kiddy porn gets reported to the authorities...
Hello!
Hi!
I'm the guy who made the website :)
We did have help in the plugin code (a lot) so I cannot take credit for it myself (it looks nice on the site that way though...I did pay someone else for code), but I was the guy who had the idea.
Yes, a lot can be improved but it had to be _simple_.
For a pirate like me I can google, edit my hosts file and a lot of other tricks... these ICE blocks were not setup for determined guys like me but average Joe who has not idea what a hosts file is - and for the most part this is who we are targeting to install our plugin.
Better still if their tech pal/son etc installs it on their browser and forgets about it.
The reason we are not caching the "redirect list" is because if other countries (UK, Denmark) come up with a national block list it will only be as effective as the last time the user started their browser, but if we cache the list it can be blocked for days or more.
A future version would give the user the option of caching.
No donations so far so I just don't have time to create the Chrome plugin or hire someone else or do any updates - but I do not regret time/money spent or creating this.
Over 7k downloads so far - and 13k hits to the index page.
Any questions, please email us from the site.
Cheers!
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Just modifying your text with just one word (in caps) :
Describes the "music industry" perfectly.
Where was your moral compass lost for the last few decades?
/Ryan