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

(blog.flokinet.is)

150 points | by rdmuser 1 hour ago

8 comments

  • samudrijan 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
      The registry sets serverHold, not the registrar.

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

    • MathMonkeyMan 45 minutes 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 1 hour ago
      Are there any registrars that are known to not do that?
  • mynameyeff 7 minutes 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 minutes 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.
  • amiga386 49 minutes ago
    > In the meantime the site is online again under a domain from a different registrar (http://icepicx.is/)
  • laimewhisps 1 hour 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

  • righthand 44 minutes 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.
  • laimewhisps 39 minutes ago
    This went from being #1 on Hacker News to not even being listed anymore. WTF?
    • natpalmer1776 33 minutes 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.

  • declan_roberts 53 minutes ago
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    • ceejayoz 52 minutes ago
      This seems like tech news? ICE is hiring consultants to seize domains critical of them?