How is Airtel Blocking Even https:// Sites?

[Karan]

That is very helpful to curb my anger and frustration everytime I read that shit! I much rather not end up breaking my monitor. 😛 In any case I can always look in the adblock to verify if it is indeed the block page or if the webpage is blank.

Also on that page airtel has ads for their Wynk service as well, that is doubly frustrating! Here is a block for you, while you are at it enjoy some more useless shit from our side that you couldn't otherwise care less about.

Quoting the last post is pointless, your reply is directly beneath it, it is implied that you are replying to the last post, if not, you quote the other post or direct the message at the poster. 🙂

 

[Sushubh]

i do not like when a thread has every post quoting the previous post. it adds useless clutter to the page (this forum already is pretty cluttered thanks to me 😛 ). i understand that sometimes you want to selectively quote from the latest (or first as the code change also removes it from the first post in the thread) post in the thread but that is a small sacrifice i decided to make to keep the threads free of unnecessary quotes.

 

[Karan]

Good that you have, that is how it should be! Down with the unnecessary quoting.

 

[apuw]

Also on that page airtel has ads for their Wynk service as well

They only show that on mobile devices and you can selectively block the Wynk ads without blocking the whole iframe.

 

[apuw]

As for the usage check, you can see it on airtel or http://122.160.230.125:8080/gbod/

It just shows "Connecting" on both of the URLs for me :/

 

[apuw]

@Sushubh Spam message above, please remove it. Also warn the user as its against our rules.

 

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[Nishant]

Spam removed.

 

[Karan]

It just shows "Connecting" on both of the URLs for me :/

Hmmm... ok, these sites can at times simply not work. In my case the whole of last week it wasn't showing me anything either. The other places where you can check is the My Airtel app and on self care portal on airtel.in

 

[apuw]

@Karan Yes I can check the quota on the self help applications but I guess the direct URLs would've been much more helpful and easy had they been working.

 

[Karan]

It will start working automatically any day now. 😛

If you are on android you can use this app to check as well, it pulls the data from one of the two links I had posted earlier. Home Broadband Usage - Android Apps on Google Play

 

[demonicult]

This thread is so much in chaos and confusion. I read this thread 2 times really to understand whats been concluded here.

What scary from this thread is, Airtel is continuously experimenting with enforcing censorship even on https traffic and at some level they have been successful, in few years they probably will be able to achieve complete censorship control as most traffic (for almost all ISPs) pass through airtel and tata. The censorship for https traffic might be limited to airtel customers at first but once its successful a backroom meeting might force/tempt other ISPs to use their technology as it ensures DoT directives are upheld very well!
Capitalism FTW! /s

 

[Sushubh]

well the sooner people realize the value of a good VPN, the better it would be the people of this country. not only to get around stupid blocks but also to prevent snooping by your isp and your government.

 

[apuw]

I read this thread 2 times really to understand whats been concluded here.

Then you probably didn't read it good. Its been proven that Airtel uses Netsweeper by looking at the URL parameters and even news reports of the same.

 

[Jiharsh]

Even bsnl block some https links.

 

[apuw]

Thanks for letting us know @Jiharsh. Can you please paste here the page source where the https:// linked is blocked. We maybe able to get more information out from it.