ICE wants its mask back, and hired a company to ask

(blog.flokinet.is)

178 points | by rdmuser 6 hours ago

9 comments

  • samudrijan 5 hours ago
    Registrars that unconditional comply with malicious takedown orders should be boycotted outright.

    “By mid-morning, icepi.cx no longer resolved. Its registrar, CentralNic, had placed the domain on serverHold.”

    Especially relevant for the HN audience.

    • donmcronald 5 hours ago
      The registry sets serverHold, not the registrar.

      https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epp-status-codes-2014-...

    • MathMonkeyMan 5 hours ago
      I remember reading a blog post or something about VPN providers complying with law enforcement requests. The author said "Those companies can't afford a lawyer. They can't afford a lawyer's _coffee_." I don't know if that's the case here, but I don't expect any network-tech-as-a-service company to put up a fight for anything.
    • gavinsyancey 5 hours ago
      Are there any registrars that are known to not do that?
      • ahazred8ta 7 minutes ago
        'Bulletproof' hosting and domain services resist takedowns. Irondns.is comes to mind.
  • MisterTea 3 hours ago
    160 points and flagged? Why?
  • amiga386 5 hours ago
    > In the meantime the site is online again under a domain from a different registrar (http://icepicx.is/)
  • laimewhisps 6 hours ago
    I'm glad there's a torrent for this information that will always be available:

    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5324eb5bb9a96fb03ae7768236b920561b4c6c2f&xt=urn:btmh:122088090fee24f8a57f4f9ec627f2fa22d045691ad81f417aafcf7d3a136bf1d7fb&dn=icepick.zip&xl=59968920&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org

  • laimewhisps 5 hours ago
    This went from being #1 on Hacker News to not even being listed anymore. WTF?
    • natpalmer1776 5 hours ago
      It showed up on the front page for me just now

      Edit: It's now flagged. Reaching out to hn@ycombinator.com to see if it's able to be restored.

    • rdmuser 3 hours ago
      That was a wild ride! It went up so fast in the first hour then stalled out completely once the flagging started.
      • laimewhisps 3 hours ago
        Yeah, it's bogus. It was literally at #1 but only lasted like 10 minutes before disappearing completely then getting flagged.
    • pix128 34 minutes ago
      why are you surprised?
  • righthand 5 hours ago
    DHS, ICE, CBP, etc. are public employees and cowards, neither of which deserves anonymity. The public deserves to know what feckless people are killing citizens and immigrants and prosecuting the innocent.
  • declan_roberts 5 hours ago
    [flagged]
    • ceejayoz 5 hours ago
      This seems like tech news? ICE is hiring consultants to seize domains critical of them?
  • mynameyeff 5 hours ago
    I've heard them say that they have COVID-19 and they're trying to "stop the spread". I guess Biden's policies are kind of biting us in the ass now...
    • krapp 4 hours ago
      COVID policies, including masking, started under Trump not Biden. Trump rather infamously refused to wear a mask because he thought it made him look weak in front of the press.