From: BYEANYOTHERNAME@YAHOO.COM   
      
   Sqwertz  wrote in   
   news:k3ihugbcli4z.dlg@sqwertz.com:   
      
   > On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:33:29 +0000 (UTC), BYANYOTHER NAME wrote:   
   >   
   >> Johann Beretta  wrote in   
   >> news:r1jnar$fn8$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/6/20 9:26 PM, BYANYOTHER NAME wrote:   
   >>>> So internet was down. But interestingly I could STILL connect and   
   >>>> brows   
   >>> er   
   >>>> although much slower using TOR or any encrypted VPN. Why is that?   
   >>>>   
   >>> Obviously the internet was not down. It's not like your computer was   
   >>> browsing by fucking telepathy.  Your wifi may have been down, but   
   then   
   >>> it becomes obvious you were connection another way. Cellular?   
   >>> Hardline? Ad-Hoc connection via another computer that did have a   
   >>> connection? Hotspot?   
   >>>   
   >>> You cannot use the internet if the "Internet is down". That's like   
   >>> claiming you can use electricity when the electricity is out.  If   
   your   
   >>> house has power when the power is out, then you're getting it another   
   >>> way; generator, solar, batteries, something.. It doesn't spring into   
   >>> existence out of the ether.   
   >>>   
   >> Sorry but you're wrong. This has happened before. It has to do with   
   >> access to the router/ISP's DNS server. When the connection is   
   encrypted   
   >> the ISP has no control over your DNS lookups, cannot block them, slow   
   >> them, etc. Honestly you don't know what your talking about.   
   >   
   > Wow.  Just... Wow.   
   >   
   > -sw   
   >   
   GZOWEY, ONLY GZOWEY, anything else intelligent u have to say?   
      
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