NETFLIX CRACKS DOWN ON VPN AND PROXY

soundersounder
in General Privacy Discussion

Netflix is starting to block subscribers who access its service using VPN services and other tools that bypass geolocation restrictions. The changes, which may also affect legitimate users, have been requested by the movie studios who want full control over what people can see in their respective countries.

netflix-logoDue to complicated licensing agreements Netflix is only available in a few dozen countries, all of which have a different content library.

Some people bypass these content and access restrictions by using VPNs or other circumvention tools that change their geographical location. This makes it easy for people all around the world to pay for access to the U.S. version of Netflix, for example.

The movie studios are not happy with these deviant subscribers as it hurts their licensing agreements. Previously entertainment industry sources in Australia complained bitterly that tens of thousands of Netflix “VPN-pirates” were hurting their business.


http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-cracks-down-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates-150103/

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  • soundersounder
    Please tell me PIA will start rotating their IPs now. 
  • WimmaWimma
    Will this render my US PIA VPN moot now?

    Don't really understand the push to get everyone back on torrents though! :\
  • soundersounder
    edited January 2015
    The National Security Agency’s Office of Target Pursuit (OTP) maintains a team of engineers dedicated to cracking the encrypted traffic of virtual private networks (VPNs) and has developed tools that could potentially uncloak the traffic in the majority of VPNs used to secure traffic passing over the Internet today, according to documents published this week by the German news magazine Der Speigel. A slide deck from a presentation by a member of OTP’s VPN Exploitation Team, dated September 13, 2010, details the process the NSA used at that time to attack VPNs—including tools with names drawn from Star Trek and other bits of popular culture.
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    While some VPN technologies—specifically, those based on the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPTP)—have previously been identified as being vulnerable because of the way they exchange keys at the beginning of a VPN session, others have generally been assumed to be safer from scrutiny. But in 2010, the NSA had already developed tools to attack the most commonly used VPN encryption schemes: Secure Shell (SSH), Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption.

    The NSA has a specific repository for capturing VPN metadata called TOYGRIPPE. The repository stores information on VPN sessions between systems of interest, including their “fingerprints” for specific machines and which VPN services they’ve connected to, their key exchanges, and other connection data. VPN “fingerprints” can also be extracted from XKEYSCORE, the NSA’s distributed “big data” store of all recently captured Internet traffic, to be used in identifying targets and developing an attack. Because XKEYSCORE includes data from “untasked” sources—people and systems not designated as under surveillance—the OTP VPN Exploitation Team’s presentation requested, “Try to avoid relying on (XKEYSCORE) workflows due to legal and logistical issues.” But XKEYSCORE, it was noted, is best for attacks on SSH traffic.


    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/nsa-has-vpns-in-vulcan-death-grip-no-really-thats-what-they-call-it/

  • soundersounder
    No reason to panic.  :|
  • catcher749catcher749
    Just curious, are you actually going to post discussion or simply keep running around the internet finding then copy-n-pasting works of others?

    The forum is, after all, called "General Discussion" and not "General Copy-N-Paste".

    Or perhaps he could actually read what he's copying and pasting and realize that OpenVPN isn't even mentioned.
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    Just curious, are you actually going to post discussion or simply keep running around the internet finding then copy-n-pasting works of others?

    The forum is, after all, called "General Discussion" and not "General Copy-N-Paste".

    Or perhaps he could actually read what he's copying and pasting and realize that OpenVPN isn't even mentioned.
    I do not think he even cares. But I will wait and see if any discussion happens here.
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    Just curious, are you actually going to post discussion or simply keep running around the internet finding then copy-n-pasting works of others?

    The forum is, after all, called "General Discussion" and not "General Copy-N-Paste".

    Or perhaps he could actually read what he's copying and pasting and realize that OpenVPN isn't even mentioned.
    I do not think he even cares. But I will wait and see if any discussion happens here.
    You aren't planning to hold your breath too are you?

    :)
    I would, but dying because someone did not do what I expected does not sound worth trying. ;)
  • soundersounder
    Wow, the both of you need a room. 
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    Wow, the both of you need a room. 
    Wow. I clearly misjudged you. You suddenly sound mature enough to be a five year old.
  • soundersounder
    You're crapping all over somebodys topic.

    The site Mods should banned your account for being a troublemaker.
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    edited January 2016
    This post has been removed due to violating our Terms of service. 


    And the direct link to our updated ToS here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/home/termsofservice
  • catcher749catcher749
    I think he should just stick to copy/pasting garbage he hasn't even read.
  • nmrmannmrman
    You're crapping all over somebodys topic.

    The site Mods should banned your account for being a troublemaker.
    Omni has been helpful to so many users around here.  Not only you have no idea what you are saying but you also make it obvious to others with your writing.
  • brizonebrizone
    Netflix definitely blocking me tonight.  Turn off the VPN, it works right away.

    Screw you Netflix.
  • WasylijWasylij
    Definitely Netflix does not block anything, they officially denied blocking same as Hulu. Must be again PIA or these Choopa people.

    2nd to ban Omni spam.
  • cosmoxlcosmoxl
    oh LOL.  you believe what netflix says over what PIA says?  Hulu certainly blocks VPNs.  Has done so for some time now.  Doesn't surprise anybody that Netflix has started blocking too.
  • AngusAngus
    My Netflix is still working through Unlocator.
    Haven't tried PIA yet for Netflix.  So far it's too slow.
  • WasylijWasylij
    that's right works on any provider but PIA ... or should I maybe say PITA ? :-)
  • cosmoxlcosmoxl
    Unlocator isn't a VPN
  • nezzznezzz
    works for me on PIA
  • lowbeelowbee
    Netflix working thru PIA for me
  • heyitsmeheyitsme
    .
  • VecconVeccon
    edited February 2016
    *Post has been edited on 02/29/2016 due to updated policy*

    I'm sincerely sorry, however at this time we are unable to assist you with accessing content that's blocked by location.  In order to comply with all local and international laws pertaining to content blocked by geographic region (more commonly known as "geo-locked content"), we are unable to provide support or assistance in accessing restricted content via our service. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Detailed information pertaining to this change can be found in the following article within our KnowledgeBase: https://support.privateinternetaccess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/143

    Again on behalf of PIA I apologize for the inconvenience or frustration this might cause. 

    Sincerely,
    Jason M 
    (TinyTRex)
  • WasylijWasylij
    and what abou Hulu? Why cant we submit tickets about Hulu blocked? This what one year now? What a shame
  • AngusAngus
    Unlocator isn't a VPN
    No, it's a DNS proxy.
    The thread topic states that NetFlix is cracking down on VPN and Proxy.
    My proxy works fine. :)
  • kingkong83kingkong83
    edited April 2015
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  • p9506157p9506157
    This sucks since companies like Comcast throttle your Netflix traffic. We can't seem to win.
  • RakshasaRakshasa
    Ok so it Netflix is monitoring PIA ip servers. Tonight i got this message.

    Whoops, something went wrong...

    Streaming Error

    You seem to be using an unblocker or proxy. Please turn off any of these services and try again. For more help, visit netflix.com/proxy.

  • p6480090p6480090
    Got the same thing since yesterday. Netflix will lose a customer within a couple months if they don't smarten up. PIA will lose a customer if they don't rotate IPs. Plain and simple.
  • TheDutchman1979TheDutchman1979
    I got the same error last friday (Jan 22/2016) after switching to PIA from StrongVPN.  I am a Canadian who was accessing the US Netflix.

    Another co worker who is also on PIA is having no issues.  We decided to do some testing and found out that he can access his Netflix on my network but I cannot.

    After some further tests we have come to the conclusion that Netflix is branding peoples accounts who have gotten this message.

    I have called Netflix to discuss and talked to a woman there who read me their internal memos basically stating that they will no longer be supporting any VPN access.

    I would be interested to hear of anyone who has been blocked and has gotten access once again to US Netflix.
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