freedomPusher

Even my proposed solution to use archive.org as a proxy is not a valid solution since I found out today that archive.org is also hosted behind Cloudflare…

Yikes! Can you give more detail? I’ve used archive.org quite heavily for years (it’s the only practical universal escape from Cloudflare). The IP address is not in Cloudflare’s range. But recently Cloudflare as started hiding its own presence by outsourcing to 3rd parties. It’s a vast minority of cases but this could obviously worsen. Is archive.org using CF through one of the undisclosed 3rd parties? A couple years ago archive.org announced a disturbing partnership with CF but did not disclose the details.

It is possible to avoid Cloudflare (the worst offender), proven by instances that are run by more competent experts. For example:

• fedia.io
• sopuli.xyz
• beehaw.org
• infosec.pub
• lemmy.dbzer0.com
• slrpnk.net
• links.hackliberty.org
• lemmy.ml ← used to be Cloudflare-proxied but they got wiser
• mander.xyz

^ Those are good instances where users’ traffic is not recklessly exposed to Cloudflare.

These instances below not only expose their users to Cloudflare, but they’re not even decent enough to inform their own users about it:

• lemmy.world ← Cloudflare
• sh.itjust.works ← Cloudflare
• zerobytes.monster ← Cloudflare
• lemmy.ca ← Cloudflare
• lemm.ee ← Cloudflare
• programming.dev ← Cloudflare
• lemmy.zip ← Cloudflare

If you probe admins of the above list, some will say in effect that they regret pawning all their users to CF but claim they have no choice - that they do not know how to defend from attack. Some admins have no regrets and simply do not give a shit. Many admins are actually ignorant to the extent of not even knowing Cloudflare sees the traffic (yes, many times admins were appalled to learn this from me; who to them is just some random pleb). Probably the most despicable aspect to this is that no Cloudflare admin is socially responsible enough to post a banner msg making sure users are informed about their exposure. If they are proud of their choice and feel they have no choice, then why neglect to disclose it (esp. on a non-profit activity)?

Regardless of their reasons/excuses, it really does not matter to the user. What matters to users is that there are privacy-disrespecting choices and relatively privacy-respecting choices. Obviously street-wise users select from the first list I posted and not the 2nd list.

Only CFd government sites are unavoidable

The only Cloudflare sites that are unavoidable AFAICT are government sites. You can always boycott the private sector, but there are 6 or so states in the US where voter registration goes through Cloudflare. Even if you register on paper, the data entry worker likely goes to the Cloudflare site. I became a non-voter for this reason.

The long answer is here.

The short answer: Cloudflare holds the TLS keys and terminates the tunnel. The padlock misleads people because they think that means the tunnel goes all the way to the server hosting the source website.

Note as well that you are using lemmy.zip, a Cloudflared instance. CF sees your IP address, username, password (unhashed) and everything you do. (edit: See this comment for alternatives).

wtf happened?

The idea would be to have one omni-directional antenna for both FM and DAB, and a separate directional one for one particular FM station that’s hard to get. Perhaps I should first build the omni-directional antenna -- and maybe it will prove good enough to pick up the one weak station. If not, then I would build a directional one.

Thanks for the tip. bummer to hear I have to run separate coax cables or come up with some kind of remote switch.

It’s a good article but warning to those on limited connections: that page buffers videos automatically.

The CO₂ footprint of streaming is significant. That article is about video, and audio would be much less, but when you listen to the audio all day long it’s significant enough.

There’s also a privacy factor. To stream radio online with the same level of privacy as receiving a radio broadcast requires using Tor, which likely triples the footprint with the 3 encrypted hops.

W.r.t hardware, my DAB player is a multi-function device; not just a tuner but also speakers, bluetooth & USB. It’s the same speakers I would use if playing an internet stream. To improve reception the hardware to add for the antenna is quite simple: aluminum pipe, bolts, and coax.. nothing that would generate more e-waste.

Yes that’s true but the reason I listen to broadcast radio in the first place is because I’m on a limited connection. Broadcast radio consumes zero internet bandwidth. It’s also a lower carbon footprint (the transmission energy is spent whether I receive it or not).

I’m considering building a directional FM antenna for an FM station that has almost no signal in most of the house. Otherwise I must put the receiver near the window and put the antenna in a specific position. So now I wonder if I should also build a omni-directional FM antenna, and whether that would also suit DAB frequencies. Since I would prefer to only run one coax cable throughout the house I guess I need to know if the directional and omni-directional antennas can simply be spliced together to share the same coax.

It seems like when a station has both a DAB and FM signal, a smart receiver could theoretically compare a short sample of the digital sound to the same clip of the FM signal and work out what part of the analog signal is noise and use that to cancel out the static from the analog signal. Would that be science fiction or does that sound feasible?

that fixed it. Thanks!

I agree, but this list is pinned which made me think there’s an attempt to maintain it.