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04 February 2008

Damn, my work just blocked YouTube and Google Video. *Shakes fist*→[More:]What the hell am I gonna do now?
post by: Hellbient at: 16:25 | 14 comments
Slack as usual, and avoid panic working.
posted by Atom Eyes 04 February | 17:12
It's actually only on my Mac. LastFM is now blocked on it. I can't help but feel I'm getting singled out. Gives me the creeps.
posted by Hellbient 04 February | 17:31
Can you run portable Firefox or something? That's how I'm currently getting around the firewall at APL.
posted by sperose 04 February | 17:59
Do you mean Firefox on an iPhone or something? If so, nope.
posted by Hellbient 04 February | 18:09
New job.
posted by Eideteker 04 February | 18:23
You can get a portable version of Firefox that installs and runs on a memory stick. In my place of work I can use it to bypass my company's proxy but not the web filtering software for some reason. Luckily there isn't too much blocked for me as I'm special. If I wasn't, there'd be no YouTube, Flickr and a multitude of blogs that I do actually need to do my job.
posted by TheDonF 04 February | 18:37
Download the vids using http://downloadyoutubevideos.com and watch them in VLC.

Of course, you'll miss out on the edifying comments....
posted by pompomtom 04 February | 19:28
I feel your pain. My workplace recently blocked, at a minimum, youtube, gmail, hotmail, and meebo (for chatting). My only work around is using the VPN which bypasses the proxy. Bastards.
posted by GreenWithYou 04 February | 20:10
It was all a ruse by HR to freak me out and make me think they're coming for me. And it worked, I actually did some work. Damn, and it's time I'll never get back. I don't know why those sites were getting blocked, but I am going to go ahead and get that portable Firefox thingy.
posted by Hellbient 04 February | 20:37
no wait, they're all blocked again. So confused.
posted by Hellbient 04 February | 21:00
Relax. No, wait, I mean rela-a-ax.

(If you feel like you have something to worry about, though, you might take a little break until you get the Portable Firefox rollin'.)
posted by box 04 February | 21:08
When my employer started blocking gmail and greader, that was the last straw. I tolerated the limited filtering of facebook and other more recreational sites, because I couldn't really justify breaking the rules to visit sites that impeded me from getting work done anyway. But when they blocked sites I actually use for work, that was the last straw. Now I tunnel all my http traffic over ssh.
posted by brainwidth 04 February | 23:08
"I don't know why those sites were getting blocked"

Bandwidth?
posted by Ardiril 04 February | 23:11
If it makes you feel any better, youtube is blocked at USAFA as well. Poor cadets.
posted by bunnyfire 04 February | 23:28
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