3893 My reaction when my company blocks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,YouTube and ESPN on work computers but doesn’t block thedonald.win. (media.patriots.win) posted 251 days ago by Red-Shackle 251 days ago by Red-Shackle +3893 / -0 108 comments share 108 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (108) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 0 ▼ – techied 0 points 251 days ago +1 / -1 It's not that simple, with asymmetric key encryption like HTTPS (which uses TLS), traffic can only be decrypted by the receiving party who has the "private key". permalink save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – deleted 3 points 251 days ago +3 / -0 ▲ 0 ▼ – techied 0 points 251 days ago +1 / -1 That would be a massive security risk, most of the time devices are not configured to read PAC files automatically, if that's what you're talking about. Even if it were, in most browsers and OSes, it's a simple change from "automatic" to "off", for example in Firefox: https://support.securly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041171654-How-to-disable-proxy-settings-in-Mozilla-Firefox- permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – deleted 1 point 251 days ago +1 / -0
It's not that simple, with asymmetric key encryption like HTTPS (which uses TLS), traffic can only be decrypted by the receiving party who has the "private key".
That would be a massive security risk, most of the time devices are not configured to read PAC files automatically, if that's what you're talking about. Even if it were, in most browsers and OSes, it's a simple change from "automatic" to "off", for example in Firefox: https://support.securly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041171654-How-to-disable-proxy-settings-in-Mozilla-Firefox-