Re:Slack closes account of an Iranian user living in Canada
by Raphmedia on Thursday December 20, 2018 @09:31AM
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That's a bit scary. As a developer, I often test websites performances / features using a VPN. Since Slack is the platform developers use to communicate, it often stays open as I test "from other countries". My Slack IP log likely has accesses from all over the world.
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Re:Slack closes account of an Iranian user living in Canada
by mirimir on Thursday December 20, 2018 @09:42AM
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I'd say be careful with that! At a minimum, put the VPN in a separate VM, so nothing to Slack could get routed through it.
Re:Slack closes account of an Iranian user living in Canada
by Raphmedia on Thursday December 20, 2018 @10:46AM
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Agreed. I avoid using public sites like Facebook and Google+ while on it because of possible geolocation issues.
Slack was the exception because it's the tool people use when developing, so I somewhat blindly expected them to be alright with it. Especially since there are public answers to VPN issues on Twitter (https://twitter.com/slackhq/status/510137942296518657?lang=e...).