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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet. (infosec.exchange)

submitted 1 year ago by voxel@infosec.exchange to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

Nothing big, but kinda interesting. I'm excited to see how this will go 👀

#privacy #mozilla #firefox @privacy

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[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Encrypted DNS has been possible and in use for years (including looking up IP addresses over HTTP, which I've caught several apps doing), but this isn't DNS related.

SNI filtering was pretty popular back in the day, but domain fronting is trivial to set up outside the browser. No SNI filtering setups I've come across actually bother to check certificate validity, so generating a self-signed eff.org certificate and using that from within an app would make quick work of most network filters.

I'm afraid firewalls are the only workable solution if you're not in control of the software you're running. You can try to force apps through a MitM setup by blocking all outgoing traffic and configuring something like Privoxy as the only way out, but getting your MitM CA loaded into these apps can be a royal pain.