became aware that this domain was no longer accessible over Tor.

I do not use Tor myself, but this site targets technical people, some of whom are Tor users.

I did my best to first affirm that there was a block on Tor; there was then a discussion on feasibility of undoing this.

Tor in schestowitz.com and www.schestowitz.com remains blocked not because of my personal choice; it’s a decision further up the chain.

Sorry.

This may impact some whistleblowers who wish to speak to me about corruption and report misconduct.

EXT week it is Rianne’s birthday and we plan to celebrate somewhere nearby. Technically we’re still on holiday for 15 days to come and we’re enjoying every moment of it. We spend more time offline and go to the park to feed many birds amid a worrying drought.

We predict that later this week some thugs in London will try to bully us again; it would be a giant own goal if they attempted to do so.

Yesterday I discussed with a friend how Web search is getting worse over time, maybe by intention (intent would be difficult to prove though).

Is there any in “Tech” that is actually still improving?

They basically reposted what ABC had published hours prior:

have now been informed by three Tor users (that’s 3 out of 3) that this domain cannot be accessed by Tor users, with failure occurring at DNS level (cannot even reach the server). The webhost claims Tor is not blocked, so there seems to be no room for resolution or compromise here.

Are we mis-communicating the issue?

While disappointing, and I fail to think of a workaround, I’ll probably have to just leave it at that.

HAVE been told that, contrary to what two people told me, Tor is not blocked by this server. As I blog a lot more here these days, and as the target audience is reasonably technical and not “everyday people”, it’s important to not discriminate against people who value their privacy. I didn’t think that (ever) my own blog posts would become inaccessible to users of Tor. The cause remains unknown or unclear.

The host says Tor is definitely not blocked and I’m told by a friend that maybe they outsource the blocking to a third party (or some list/blacklist which covers exit nodes). The latest reply that I got was: “The way Tor works is you can’t select which exit node you use. It is randomly selected for anonymity reasons. The way to test in practice is to open the Tor browser, load the page, see it fails to load, and then do Ctrl + Shift + L. This will change your Tor circuit for the site. Please note [host] does not block Tor connections, and due to Tor’s unreliable nature, it’s likely not an issue with the hosting but an issue with the way Tor works.”

AM trying to allow Tor users to access this site again. I’ve only just found out that they’re blocked. The webhost changed something and I’m not sure when this was done, I can guess guess why.

The latest press coverage about (or which mentions) Daniel Pocock is useful because he’s invited to comment on ethical and technological issues, such as social control media.

Like me, he quit all those things and will not ever bother with them. They’re a total waste of time and potential cause for problems.