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Title: Microsoft blocking links to The Pirate Bay in Windows Messenger
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URL Source: http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft- ... ay-in-windows-messenger-60662/
Published: Mar 26, 2012
Author: etdragon
Post Date: 2012-03-26 23:22:54 by A K A Stone
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Views: 1401
Comments: 2
Lately it seems like the entire world is against The Pirate Bay. A number of ISPs around the world have been ordered to block the site. Users are now reporting that Microsoft is blocking links to the popular torrent site on Windows Live Messenger. TorrentFreak recently posted about an issue users are running into when trying to send Pirate Bay links over Windows Live Messenger. When one of those links is included in an instant message on that service an error is returned saying the link was “blocked because it was reported unsafe.” TorrenFreak confirms that this also happens when using third party software, like Pidgin or Adium, to connected to Windows Live Messenger. To add to the mystery of this it seems that other major downloading sites are not affected by this. The Pirate Bay was the only major site whose links were blocked by Windows Live Messenger. If you still really want to share Pirate Bay links via Windows Live Messenger it’s easy enough to modify the link by adding a space or some other modification which bypasses whatever filter Microsoft has in place. Currently Microsoft hasn’t ed on why Pirate Bay links are the only ones blocked. Do you use Live Messenger? Are you seeing this issue with Pirate Bay links?
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
M$ is conducting a test. Obviously, they are formulating a much larger strategy, one to provide total blacklisting. Keep in mind, they are planning the next version of IE to update silently and continuously. Users will no longer be asked permission to update the browser, it will update when Microsoft wants it to.
Pidgin is popular with Linux users, they're messing with the wrong folks. Anonymous will take MS down. Windows may self destruct in a few seconds.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
#2. To: A K A Stone, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#0)
TorrenFreak confirms that this also happens when using third party software, like Pidgin or Adium
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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