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"Just FYI, it appears there is a bug in wget while using a proxy that allows wget to be forced to use the FTP port and thereby unmask the user's IP (normal usage) or at least leak the user's network adapter IP (in TAILS)."
- Comment @Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/3hc02l/how_can_i_download_webm_videos_longer_than_30/cu6yzv5
https://archive.is/3YYo0
- Original discovery of bug @lists.gnu.org:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.html
https://archive.is/Ah3Pg
- Reported to TAILS project development list (tails-dev):
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.html
https://archive.is/nPi5h
- First response @tails-dev
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009383.html
https://archive.is/derHC
Another bug in wget has been discussed on Soylentnews in the past.
(Score: 2) by deimios on Sunday August 23 2015, @05:22AM
When wget was written and FTP was popular we didn't live in a dystopia and didn't need to hide our IP. Oh how the times have changed...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @05:36AM
Actually you don't need to hide your IP now either. You can choose to reject the dystopia and live your life with the expectation of freedom.
There's an XKCD for this: http://xkcd.com/137/ [xkcd.com]
Of course, XKCD is written by a hypocritical asshole who doesn't have to worry about what anyone thinks of him because he's already rich and famous and has a loyal fanbase of rabid apologists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:25AM
You do if you won't some degree of anonymity.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:54AM
And why should I need any more anonymity than I already have? Why is it that I can't simply expect the operators of the servers which I contact to exercise some degree of discretion and common decency? Why can't we all get along without spying on and stalking each other all the time?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @07:45AM
Moneh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @09:37AM
Power and money. But I say that privacy and anonymity are good things in and of themselves. Even if no malicious people existed, I would still desire them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:29AM
You sound jealous.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @07:02AM
Where's the erect penis, Randall? Where is it? I want an erect penis, Randall.
http://xkcd.com/631/ [xkcd.com]
(Score: 1) by NullPtr on Sunday August 23 2015, @07:28AM
You're not that prick who runs the xkcd-hating website, are you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @08:44AM
No, I do not care enough to start a hate site. You must be a loyal XKCD reader since your puny mind cannot comprehend that there is more than one person who happens to hate XKCD. Speaking of hate, have you seen how smugly hateful the latest comic is? This is truly condescending and an insult to the reader.
http://xkcd.com/1567/ [xkcd.com]
You see, I prefer a more blunt approach. You, the reader, are a stupid fucking shit. Fuck you, reader, you fucking cunt.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday August 23 2015, @07:14PM
have you seen how smugly hateful the latest comic is?
Now I have. It was the third panel that got to you, wasn't it?
(Score: 1) by NullPtr on Sunday August 23 2015, @10:19PM
Thick as shit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2015, @12:59AM
You really shouldn't get so mad just because you aren't smart enough to get his jokes. Copying and pasting from Google searches has carried you this far, and you've duped your co-workers into thinking that you know what you're talking about, but when someone makes a clever Unix joke you laugh (although a bit embarrassingly too loud), but you try to hide the shame you feel because you know that you'll never be more than the script kiddie you are.