|
Title: Should supermarkets allow Bitcoin node synchronisation? Post by: Jet Cash on January 30, 2019, 09:17:08 AM Of course in this thread I'm discussing the provision of free WiFi in their stores and cafes.
I'm sitting in the cafe at Morrisons. I'm posting on Bitcoin Talk, and updating some of domain sales info, and I would have liked to sync' my node in the background. Morrisons has blocked this facility over their WiFi. Morrisons is the 4th largest supermarket chain in the UK, and they have 10.4% of the market. As Internet integration becomes more important, and crypto-currencies increase in use, organisations that are not prepared to accept this will face a decrease in market share in the future. Do you think that node synchronisation is something that supermarkets should allow, or perhaps they should even encourage it? [INTERESTING UPDATE] I couldn't access the Fit to Talk English project site here - that said it was political, and thus wasn't allowed. I've discovered that if I ise the Tor window in the Brave browser, then I can access the site. So if I am anonymous, and I conceal my IP, then I can be politically incorrect here, but if I try to access the site openly, then they block me. Title: Re: Should supermarkets allow Bitcoin node synchronisation? Post by: jackg on January 30, 2019, 02:09:50 PM They probably don't want to be noticed for supporting something.
Also, with regards to bitcoin and other similar things. Just run them through tor... They've probably just shut all ports but the ones that are needed for people to browse the Internet with https... Title: Re: Should supermarkets allow Bitcoin node synchronisation? Post by: NeuroticFish on January 30, 2019, 02:50:51 PM Blocking most of the ports is the standard (lazy) measure to prevent quite a lot of trouble. Just imagine the scandal is somebody would be caught downloading with torrent some very new movie using their wifi :)
So yeah, as long as you still have an option for tunneling, even if it's tor, you are lucky. Title: Re: Should supermarkets allow Bitcoin node synchronisation? Post by: Jet Cash on January 30, 2019, 06:10:33 PM I can understand blocking the ports - the library does that as well. It's blocking my hosted domains for normal surfing, and allowing me access via Tor. Actually they are even more screwed up than that. I can login using Firefox, but then they block the Morrisons sales splash page, and then I can use Brave,but if I try to login using Brave ( without Tor ), then they fail my login.
|