Elon Musk is in an open war in Brazil. The owner of X saw the social network blocked and it is not authorized to operate in the country. In his very defiant way, Elon Musk introduced a technical change to X and it returned. Interestingly, it is now much more difficult to block the social network in Brazil.
OX is back in Brazil
The exchanges between Elon Musk and Alexandre de Moraes culminated in the blocking of X in Brazil. A court order brought the temporary closure of this social network, with the promise of fines for users who break the block.
Now, in a defiant move, Elon Musk has ordered a change to be made to X, which has made the social network accessible again. He has easily bypassed all the restrictions that were in place and many users are now able to use X again.
The change, which is not yet known whether it was created to bypass the block, is already used by many services on the Internet. We are talking about Cloudflaire's services, and specifically its reverse proxy. This is used to protect applications and websites against attacks.
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 18, 2024
Elon Musk challenges Alexandre de Moraes
This service acts as an intermediary that manages Internet traffic between users and a website's server. It not only improves the security and speed of the website, but also allows you to mask the server's real IP, showing only the proxy IP.
The solution to re-blocking X in Brazil is to prevent Cloudflare services from operating. Although possible, and given the nature of the reverse proxy, this would also end up blocking a large set of valid and often essential services.
It is not yet known whether this change was created directly to circumvent the blocking applied to X in Brazil, but the truth is that it is succeeding. It is not something that would be abnormal or even unexpected from Elon Musk, who thus seems to have managed to turn another page in his war against Alexandre de Moraes.
Source: pplware.sapo.pt
