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  1. Hours spent yesterday trying to troubleshoot why #Tribler didn't seem to be able to connect to any trackers or peers. Other torrent clients were working fine on the same device. After reading the Tribler release notes from 2025.12.16 and 2026.01.21 it appears that #InternetServiceProviders have been blocking #Tor exit nodes which restricts safer browsing / traffic on the clear net of the internet. Was going to submit an issue but found that someone else already had github.com/Tribler/tribler/iss.

  2. Hours spent yesterday trying to troubleshoot why #Tribler didn't seem to be able to connect to any trackers or peers. Other torrent clients were working fine on the same device. After reading the Tribler release notes from 2025.12.16 and 2026.01.21 it appears that #InternetServiceProviders have been blocking #Tor exit nodes which restricts safer browsing / traffic on the clear net of the internet. Was going to submit an issue but found that someone else already had github.com/Tribler/tribler/iss.

  3. Hours spent yesterday trying to troubleshoot why #Tribler didn't seem to be able to connect to any trackers or peers. Other torrent clients were working fine on the same device. After reading the Tribler release notes from 2025.12.16 and 2026.01.21 it appears that #InternetServiceProviders have been blocking #Tor exit nodes which restricts safer browsing / traffic on the clear net of the internet. Was going to submit an issue but found that someone else already had github.com/Tribler/tribler/iss.

  4. Hours spent yesterday trying to troubleshoot why #Tribler didn't seem to be able to connect to any trackers or peers. Other torrent clients were working fine on the same device. After reading the Tribler release notes from 2025.12.16 and 2026.01.21 it appears that #InternetServiceProviders have been blocking #Tor exit nodes which restricts safer browsing / traffic on the clear net of the internet. Was going to submit an issue but found that someone else already had github.com/Tribler/tribler/iss.

  5. Hours spent yesterday trying to troubleshoot why #Tribler didn't seem to be able to connect to any trackers or peers. Other torrent clients were working fine on the same device. After reading the Tribler release notes from 2025.12.16 and 2026.01.21 it appears that #InternetServiceProviders have been blocking #Tor exit nodes which restricts safer browsing / traffic on the clear net of the internet. Was going to submit an issue but found that someone else already had github.com/Tribler/tribler/iss.

  6. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has licensed six new Internet Service Providers (ISPs), pushing the total number of authorised ISPs in the country from 224 in December 2025 to 231.

    dmarketforces.com/ncc-licenses

    #NCC #InternetServiceProviders

  7. Ars Technica: FCC to rescind ruling that said ISPs are required to secure their networks. “The Federal Communications Commission will vote in November to repeal a ruling that requires telecom providers to secure their networks, acting on a request from the biggest lobby groups representing Internet providers.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/04/ars-technica-fcc-to-rescind-ruling-that-said-isps-are-required-to-secure-their-networks/

  8. Gigapower Accelerates High-Speed Broadband Fiber Network Deployment with Expansion Across Six States

    AT&T and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, Joint Venture Scales Open Access Infrastructure Nationwide DALLAS,…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Internet #broadbandconnectivity #fiberbroadband #Gigapower #GlobalInfrastructurePartners #Internetserviceproviders #openaccessnetwork #PanhandleArea #Technology
    newsbeep.com/us/119873/

  9. #ISP can charge extra for fast gaming under #FCC’s Internet rules, critics say
    Some #netneutrality proponents are worried that soon-to-be-approved Federal Communications Commission rules will allow harmful #fastlanes because the plan doesn't explicitly ban "positive" discrimination. Advocates are criticizing a decision to let #Internetserviceproviders speed up certain types of applications as long as application providers don't have to pay for special treatment. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  10. @eff

    What iF they ALREADY DO listen in on these meetings but think that their #CALEA usage of 100's of millions of #GooglePlayStore & #AppleAppStore installs of this software doesn't / does hide their traffic even iF configured for 'no logging ' because
    .... Proxied Hosts Leave Tracks at multiple Service Providers kinda caught because .... log files that are, ironically, #ThirdPartyData searchable? #GreyMarket #investigations #CALEA #SSM™ abuse 👂☣️ #InternetServiceProviders

    #infosec ☣️

    #SSM™ ☣️ 👂 #GammaGroup ☣️👂 #FinFisher ☣️👂 #FinSpy ☣️👂 #Finsky ☣️👂 The. Worst. Of. The. Worst. #malware in #USA .

    This software _isn't_ clandestine. IT is Easily Deteccccted Without Software. It's. Overt. Digital Slavery Software. Overt.

    🤔

  11. How Internet Service Providers Impact Your Online Experience - The world before the advent of the Internet was really a different age. The progre... - readwrite.com/how-internet-ser #internetserviceproviders #high-speedinternet #onlineexperience #internet #tech

  12. Cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as FCC bans digital discrimination - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino)

    The Federal Co... - arstechnica.com/?p=1984116 #internetserviceproviders #policy #fcc

  13. Internet providers say #FCC should not investigate #broadband prices
    #ISP say anti-discrimination rule should cover only deployment, not prices.
    #InternetServiceProviders and their #lobby groups are fighting plan to prohibit #discrimination in access to broadband services. In particular, ISPs want Federal Communications Commission to drop the plan's proposal to require that prices charged to consumers be non-discriminatory
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 #monopoly power certainly not corrupting them

  14. Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino)

    A group of Int... - arstechnica.com/?p=1958448 #internetserviceproviders #broadbandgrants #policy #grants #fcc

  15. According to Spamhaus following is a list of #InternetServiceProviders ISPs who knowingly sell their service to those who professionally #spam and/or do little to prevent these bad actors from using their systems.

    The list of top 10 includes #Google and #Microsoft

    spamhaus.org/statistics/networ

  16. With it being #BlackFriday and all, I hope nobody is caught up in scams or phishing attacks while doing their (frantic!) online #shopping.

    Here are a few #security and #privacy tips that I hope will help somebody:

    1) If you have a coupon code, don't follow a provided link to the shopping page. Instead find the page yourself, e.g., via a #searchengine, and then input the coupon code manually.

    2) Access online shops without being logged in, and without any #cookies, such that the shop cannot set prices according to #personaldata or previous purchases (yes, they do that). Except, of course, if the discount is only available when actually having an account. Attempt anonymously first.

    3) An improvement to 2) is accessing online shops via #TorBrowser or similar.

    4) Use a #VPN such that #ISPs and other adversaries cannot obtain or spoof information. It also protects your data, like credit card info, if you are using public a #WiFi (never do that without VPN).

    5) As corollary to 4) you can even sometimes get discounts by using a different location than your own.

    6) Use a #passwordmanager for your credentials such that they can be longer and harder to guess/crack. This also means you don't have to remember (or even know) them by heart.

    7) Setup #MFA for your accounts such that, together with 6), it is harder for adversaries to break in and steal data and/or make automated purchases on your behalf if possible. It is highly advisable using an authenticator app instead of code-by-SMS. For further protection, you can even use #biometrics, like #fingerprints or facial scans. And/or a hardware device supporting #FIDO2/#U2F or similar.

    Note that these tips are applicable also when not shopping, and I would encourage them all.

    Stay safe and have an awesome Friday!

    #mastodontips #feditips #profiling #personalidentifyinginformation #pii #internetserviceproviders #tor #multifactorauthentication #2fa #twofactorauthentication #yubikey

  17. @humanetech
    We don't have the time to be lied to and gaslit by that maintainer.

    All we will say is 'Bring back #NetNeutrality'.

    No special favours.

    No special interests.

    Roads are for all.

    We don't have competing roads, so why do we have competing #internetServiceProviders. The only #contentDeliveryNetworks we need is #I2P, Tor and #theInternet itself.

    #bringBackNetNeutrality
    @danie10

  18. Alphabet’s Loon launches its balloon-powered Kenyan internet service - Alphabet’s Loon has officially begun operating its commercial internet service in Kenya . This is t... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #internetserviceproviders #internetservice #puertorico #aerospace #whatsapp #balloon #kenya #loon #mbps #tc #x

  19. Alphabet’s Loon partners with AT&T to extend coverage globally in case of disasters - Alphabet-owned Loon, the company focused on providing connectivity via high-altitude, stratosphere ... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #internetserviceproviders #sanfranciscobayarea #disasterresponse #stratosphere #unitedstates #puertorico #aerospace #caribbean #articles #contents #roaming #kenya #at&t #loon #tc #x

  20. Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile team with Airbus, China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell networks - A new industry alliance led by Alphabet’s Loon high-altitude balloon technology company and SoftBank... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #internetserviceproviders #telecommunications #deutschetelekom #aerovironment #bhartiairtel #chinatelecom #stratosphere #hapsmobile #telefonica #aerospace #companies #aircraft #alphabet #ericsson #softbank #science

  21. Internet group brands Mozilla ‘internet villain’ for supporting DNS privacy feature - An industry group of internet service providers has branded Firefox browser maker Mozilla an “intern... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #internetserviceproviders #internetsecurity #onlinesafety #spokesperson #socialmedia #webbrowsers #cloudflare #computing #security #privacy #firefox #mozilla #google #apps #dns

  22. Alphabet’s Loon balloons get their first commercial trial in Kenya - Google spinout and now fellow member of the Alphabet family of companies Loon will get a big test i... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #internetserviceproviders #internetconnectivity #telecommunications #internetaccess #puertorico #broadband #companies #google #kenya #loon #peru #tc #x

  23. I'm house-sitting again, and the wi-fi network is set up by the ISP. For some reason they always give the SSID a random name, and the password is half-random and half name of the ISP. Surely these two strings should be swapped? 🤔 Makes no huge difference but it is a strange trend I've noticed. #WiFi #InternetServiceProviders