| 11 Apr 2024 |
 Nihilist OLD ACCOUNT !!!! | In reply to @username3498:matrix.org
Hi guys! This is not directly an invdious issue, but it might be interesting for those who host public instances.
Russian censorship agency Roscomnadzor been banning invidious for a while now. The main theory is that they use crawlers and look for any materials Russian authorities deemed "extremist". A lot of "extremist" stuff is naturally hosted on youtube. So they look for the video titles and ban anything that has links to that.
Take look at this https://reestr.rublacklist.net/en/?q=invidious - it's a monitoring project that shows blocked resources on the web, and there's a number of invidious instances Roskomnadzor already blocked.
Banning the crawlers might help mitigating some of the risks. Here's a project that collects data on what networks are being used by Roskomnadzor to host their crawlers https://github.com/C24Be/AS_Network_List/
You can also find a short instruction on how to block the crawlers in a few different ways https://freemedia.tech/block-rugov.html
I hope you'll find that useful. Thanks for sharing | 09:15:31 |
 @username3498:matrix.org | In reply to @nihilist:m.datura.network
Thanks for sharing I believe your instance is already blocked https://reestr.rublacklist.net/en/?q=iv.datura.network | 09:17:36 |
| Nihilist OLD ACCOUNT !!!! | In reply to @username3498:matrix.org
I believe your instance is already blocked https://reestr.rublacklist.net/en/?q=iv.datura.network gee i wonder if i should send them a mail to ask to get unbanned :^) | 10:59:29 |
 @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | Interesting, my instance got unblocked 🤔 | 11:46:01 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | Lol, there is an HTTP 451 "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons
The user agent requested a resource that cannot legally be provided, such as a web page censored by a government."
I will use the russian government list and return them this status code.
😆😆😆
| 11:51:31 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * Lol, there is an HTTP 451 "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons - The user agent requested a resource that cannot legally be provided, such as a web page censored by a government."
I will use the russian government list and return them this status code.
😆😆😆 | 11:51:46 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * Lol, there is an HTTP 451 "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons - The user agent requested a resource that cannot legally be provided, such as a web page censored by a government."
I will use a russian government crawler list and return them this status code.
😆😆😆 | 11:52:28 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | I just hope this doesnt backfire and get it blocked :D | 11:54:29 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | Nah better to return 404 | 11:54:44 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * Nah better to return 404 or 204 | 11:55:02 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * Nah better to return 404 | 11:57:30 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | Nah dont know if I really want to do that | 12:05:17 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | Lets just keep things how they are | 12:05:26 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * I'm just gonna keep things how they are | 12:06:34 |
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| @username3498:matrix.org | In reply to @weidenwiesel:matrix.org
I just hope this doesnt backfire and get it blocked :D It wouldn't. They expect to see content blocked, that's the whole point. Many websites block specific content for Russian clients in order to protect the site as a whole from being banned. | 14:08:27 |
 @blade:darkness.services | In reply to @weidenwiesel:matrix.org
Lol, there is an HTTP 451 "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons - The user agent requested a resource that cannot legally be provided, such as a web page censored by a government."
I will use a russian government crawler list and return them this status code.
😆😆😆 I use tailscale on my matrix server and tailscale blocks Russians ip addresses, but with using the tailscale 'app' feature I route the tailscale domain over the tailscale VPN and resolve and access from a non Russian ip.... that may be a option... myown ISP blocks the same server so I have to use tailscale again to access it. | 15:03:38 |
| @blade:darkness.services | You could setup a ipv6 tunnel in a different country and have invidious use that. | 15:04:34 |
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| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | I think you misunderstood, I dont host in Russia and am not in Russia myself, so there is no threat for me or my server.
I just thought about blocking Russian govt due to them always being assholes towards the public instance owners. | 19:12:24 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * I think you misunderstood, I dont host in Russia and am not in Russia myself, so there is no threat for me or my server.
I just thought about blocking Russian govt due to them crawling and blocking the public instance owners. | 19:12:46 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * I think you misunderstood, I dont host in Russia and am not in Russia myself, so there is no threat for me or my server.
I just thought about blocking Russian govt due to them crawling and blocking the public instances
| 19:12:52 |
| @weidenwiesel:matrix.org | * I think you misunderstood, I dont host in Russia and am not in Russia myself, so there is no threat for me or my server. At least not for now (server is in Ukraine atm).
I just thought about blocking Russian govt due to them crawling and blocking the public instances | 19:13:29 |
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| semnosao (Old) | hello, thank you all the contributors and hosters to the amazing work. Im trying to import the XML exported with the option: "Export Subscriptions as OPML (NewPipe and FreeTube)" but those dont seem to be supported anymore. I tried importing it to NewPipe and none of the import options there work. Is this a known issue? Does it have an workaround? | 20:43:49 |
 @fijxu:zzls.xyz | Basically NewPipe only allows JSON in the import options btw | 20:44:54 |
| @fijxu:zzls.xyz | Exporting invidious data as JSON doesn't work for NewPipe (I tried it like 5 minutes ago) | 20:45:20 |
