Matt Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Is starting to suffer in terms of reputation scores on infosec auto-blacklisting technologies. Being labeled a hate site by some auto-classification algorithms. These lists are auto-generated and get pushed out dynamically to millions of web content filters and corporate proxies. Even if the category isn't explicitly blocked, if you're surfing at work, your employer can see you're visiting. Just a warning from an infosec professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 41 minutes ago, Matt said: Is starting to suffer in terms of reputation scores on infosec auto-blacklisting technologies. Being labeled a hate site by some auto-classification algorithms. These lists are auto-generated and get pushed out dynamically to millions of web content filters and corporate proxies. Even if the category isn't explicitly blocked, if you're surfing at work, your employer can see you're visiting. Just a warning from an infosec professional. lol 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted July 6, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted July 6, 2020 This place is being listed as a hate-site? Who the hell writes these algorithms??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 26 minutes ago, Kivalo said: This place is being listed as a hate-site? Who the hell writes these algorithms??? flakes of snow I'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Matt said: Is starting to suffer in terms of reputation scores on infosec auto-blacklisting technologies. Being labeled a hate site by some auto-classification algorithms. These lists are auto-generated and get pushed out dynamically to millions of web content filters and corporate proxies. Even if the category isn't explicitly blocked, if you're surfing at work, your employer can see you're visiting. Just a warning from an infosec professional. Boy I wonder why that would be......... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted July 6, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Kivalo said: This place is being listed as a hate-site? Who the hell writes these algorithms??? Doesn't surprise me in the slightest with how pee stain alone posts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, SSFB said: Boy I wonder why that would be......... no shit eh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 My biggest concern is our email getting blacklisted. If that is a possibility we may need to make some changes around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just now, ckf said: My biggest concern is our email getting blacklisted. If that is a possibility we may need to make some changes around here. prob effects google adsense as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just now, Angry ginger said: prob effects google adsense as well I know that you are concerned about your cut, but AdSense only amounts to a few bucks a month since they are only shown to guests. Plus I stopped looking at the violation emails a while ago so they have probably cut us off anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, ckf said: I know that you are concerned about your cut, but AdSense only amounts to a few bucks a month since they are only shown to guests. Plus I stopped looking at the violation emails a while ago so they have probably cut us off anyway no wonder why my checks have stopped. I've been thinking i might need to bring my tremendous posting skills to another site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Shifty Posted July 6, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Highmark said: Doesn't surprise me in the slightest with how pee stain alone posts. Kick that old racist, urine smellin, lie tellin, ugly broad gettin, no boat owning, ex mall cop to the curb and the intelligence level here quadruples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s pump Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, ckf said: My biggest concern is our email getting blacklisted. If that is a possibility we may need to make some changes around here. Sounds like an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 30 minutes ago, s pump said: Sounds like an easy fix. I don't think it is centered around just one or two members. Take a look at the thread titles of this forum. The CE forum is locked down. The crawlers can't read any of the posts, just titles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted July 6, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted July 6, 2020 I was just going to ask how the stuff could get read. Has to be titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 minute ago, ckf said: I don't think it is centered around just one or two members. Take a look at the thread titles of this forum. The CE forum is locked down. The crawlers can't read any of the posts, just titles. If the thread content could be read, this place would be overrun by overweight trump people as their new home and end up on the positive end of a trump tweet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, ckf said: I don't think it is centered around just one or two members. Take a look at the thread titles of this forum. The CE forum is locked down. The crawlers can't read any of the posts, just titles. It's likely not crawlers. It's authenticated users accessing from work. This site isn't using SSL so the proxies don't even need to crack the encryption to read the payload. Any company using something like a Symantec (or Zscaler or any other) cloud-based web security service is bouncing their web requests off the cloud service. An authenticated user of this site surfing at work, even if using something like safe or incognito mode, bounces off of that service. These services dynamically classify and score content. Every page load is dynamically risk scored. Incidentally, it's only able to read that which is passed back to the browser, so if we all put a certain few people on ignore, it won't see their racist bullshit. The second someone quotes someone you ignored though, that workaround breaks down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I haven't bothered with SSL here as it's just another expense for a site that is never going to attract advertisers, or matter in Google search rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, ckf said: I haven't bothered with SSL here as it's just another expense for a site that is never going to attract advertisers, or matter in Google search rankings. Probably wouldn't matter. Most of those services crack ssl anyways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 incidentally, the users perusing this site on corporate networks are smart enough not to visit bada bing or the classification would probably be something very different. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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