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		ang_cire 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We accidentally burned through 200GB of proxy band... Blocking Google from downloading anything onto your computer without consent is always a good idea.

suchintan 10 months ago | [–]

We were pretty careful about what we were blocking here -- had the exact same concern. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite us in the future (new blogpost incoming?)

hypeatei 10 months ago | [–]

Especially if you're using expensive bandwidth from botnets.

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