Agreed. I find it silly that as a US citizen on my US-bank-paid-for Netflix account with US physical address information suddenly cannot watch things when travelling I legally could if I were standing in another place.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Cryptographrix <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a VPN connection at my house. There's no way for them to know the > difference between me using my home network connection from Hong Kong or my > home network connection from my house. > > Are they going to disable connectivity from everywhere they can detect an > open VPN port to, also? > > If they trust my v4 address, they can use that to establish historical > reference. Additionally, they can fail over to v4 if they do not trust the > v6 address. > > > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:05 PM Spencer Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is no way for Netflix to know the difference between you being in > NY > > and using the tunnel, and you living in Hong Kong and using the tunnel. > > > > > > *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | [email protected] > > *Arbor Networks* > > +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) > > www.arbornetworks.com > > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Cryptographrix <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > >> Same, but until there's a real IPv6 presence in the US, it's really > >> annoying that they haven't come up with some fix for this. > >> > >> I have no plans to turn off IPv6 at home - I actually have many uses for > >> it, and as much as I dislike the controversy around it, think that > adoption > >> needs to be prioritized, not penalized. > >> > >> Additionally, I think that discussing content provider control over > >> regional decisions isn't productive to the conversation, as they didn't > >> build the banhammer (wouldn't you want to control your own content if > you > >> had made content specific to regional laws etc?). > >> > >> I.e. - not all shows need to have regional restrictions between New York > >> (where I live) and California (where my IPv6 /64 says I live). > >> > >> I'm able to watch House in the any state in the U.S.? Great - ignore my > >> intra-US proxy connection. > >> > >> My Netflix account randomly tries to connect from Tokyo because I forgot > >> to shut off my work VPN? Fine....let me know and I'll turn *that* off. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 3:49 PM Spencer Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> I don't blame them for blocking a (effectively) anonymous tunnel > broker. > >>> I'm sure their content providers are forcing their hand. > >>> On Jun 3, 2016 3:46 PM, "Cryptographrix" <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Netflix needs to figure out a fix for this until ISPs actually provide > >>>> IPv6 > >>>> natively. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 3:13 PM Blair Trosper <[email protected] > > > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > Confirmed that Hurricane Electric's TunnelBroker is now blocked by > >>>> > Netflix. Anyone nice people from Netflix perhaps want to take a > >>>> crack at > >>>> > this? > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> > > Had the same problem at my house, but it was caused by the IPv6 > >>>> > connection > >>>> > > to HE. Turned of V6 and the device worked. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > -- > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Sent with Airmail > >>>> > > > >>>> > > On June 1, 2016 at 10:29:03 PM, Matthew Kaufman ( > [email protected] > >>>> ) > >>>> > > wrote: > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Every device in my house is blocked from Netflix this evening due > to > >>>> > > their new "VPN blocker". My house is on my own IP space, and the > >>>> outside > >>>> > > of the NAT that the family devices are on is 198.202.199.254, > >>>> announced > >>>> > > by AS 11994. A simple ping from Netflix HQ in Los Gatos to my > house > >>>> > > should show that I'm no farther away than Santa Cruz, CA as > >>>> microwaves > >>>> > > fly. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Unfortunately, when one calls Netflix support to talk about this, > >>>> the > >>>> > > only response is to say "call your ISP and have them turn off the > >>>> VPN > >>>> > > software they've added to your account". And they absolutely > refuse > >>>> to > >>>> > > escalate. Even if you tell them that you are essentially your own > >>>> ISP. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > So... where's the Netflix network engineer on the list who all of > >>>> us can > >>>> > > send these issues to directly? > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Matthew Kaufman > >>>> > > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>> > > >
