▲ 1122 ▼ CNN blocks Firefox with uBo (lemmus.org) submitted 2 years ago by kinnce_of_p3rs14@lemmus.org to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 189 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (3 children) Funny... My company (over 100k employees worldwide) is blocking CNN as a security risk... permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you see a similar message for other news and social media sites? My gut tells me that it's just one of many blocklists added to your company's firewall but they don't have a specific message for "blocked because not work related". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I'm getting these messages occasionally, but usually they make sense, such as when I go to online gaming sites or torrenting portals. Didn't try porn - don't want a call from HR. In general, our IT policies are fairly sensible; this is one of the very few outliers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably just a blanket block of all msm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago All other MSM, even some more questionable like The Sun or Fox News, works fine. CNN is the only one blocked. permalink fedilink source parent [+] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you see a similar message for other news and social media sites? My gut tells me that it's just one of many blocklists added to your company's firewall but they don't have a specific message for "blocked because not work related". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I'm getting these messages occasionally, but usually they make sense, such as when I go to online gaming sites or torrenting portals. Didn't try porn - don't want a call from HR. In general, our IT policies are fairly sensible; this is one of the very few outliers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I'm getting these messages occasionally, but usually they make sense, such as when I go to online gaming sites or torrenting portals. Didn't try porn - don't want a call from HR. In general, our IT policies are fairly sensible; this is one of the very few outliers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably just a blanket block of all msm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago All other MSM, even some more questionable like The Sun or Fox News, works fine. CNN is the only one blocked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago All other MSM, even some more questionable like The Sun or Fox News, works fine. CNN is the only one blocked. permalink fedilink source parent
