From 25905eb2a409049529c2b20e129f858ef7c5a60c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Skylar Ittner Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:59:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] First commit --- README.md | 6 ++++ block-au.php | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md create mode 100644 block-au.php diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8b90a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +AusBlock +======== + +A simple PHP script to show to Australian visitors. + +*The blockings will continue until laws improve.* diff --git a/block-au.php b/block-au.php new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5dcca27 --- /dev/null +++ b/block-au.php @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ + + + + + +Country Blocked + + + +
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HTTP 451: Unavailable for Legal Reasons

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Australian visitors are blocked from accessing this web service.

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Please direct all complaints about this ban to your local government representative.

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+ In short, Australia has passed a law that requires companies to add dangerous backdoors upon request. + The law also makes it illegal to disclose the existence of such backdoors. + This is likely to fundamentally break the Internet as we know it. Furthermore, Australia is part of + the Five Eyes: + a group of countries also including Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. + Edward Snowden described the Five Eyes as a "supra-national intelligence organisation that does not + answer to the known laws of its own countries", and he released proof that these countries spy on + each other's citizens. Spying on their own citizens is illegal thanks to protections enshrined + in documents such as the Bill of Rights in the United States. + +

+ Australia's new laws are testing the waters to see if such regulations are possible without significant backlash; + if successful, there will be other laws implemented in other Five Eyes countries. This is not the first + such law either; the United Kingdom passed the Investigatory Powers Act + in 2016 with similar provisions, including warrantless digital searches and even authorizing police hacking of personal computers. + That UK law was widely criticized and challenged in court, eventually being ruled unlawful (although the fight is ongoing). You need + to help do the same in Australia, to save the Internet for everyone. + +

+ To learn more, please click here. + +

Bypassing the Block

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If you wish to continue, you'll need to use a VPN or other method, such as the + Tor Browser. + As long as your computer does not appear to be in Australia, you will be able to + access all Netsyms services. We will not block access to our source code server at this time, in case + you wish to self-host our services on your own machines. +

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