http://repo2.ubports.com/dists/focal/InRelease blocked when there's football on the tv

CiberSheep

I'm trying to build locally lomiri-notes-app
clickable desktop throws this error:

Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [33.1 kB]
Reading package lists...
E: Failed to fetch http://repo2.ubports.com/dists/focal/InRelease  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: The repository 'http://repo2.ubports.com focal InRelease' is not signed.
The command '/bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install -y --force-yes --no-install-recommends libboost-dev && apt-get clean' returned a non-zero code: 100
Command exited with non-zero exit status 100, see above for details. This is most likely not a problem with Clickable.

I edit here as well:
So, if you depend on Spain's internet network it may be common to get http(s)://xxx.ubports.com blocked on Sundays (and on any other day that they do %&$$% football matches on tv).

Workaround: use a vpn
Long term solution: report to European organisms

mariogrip

@CiberSheep seems to be up to me? btw we can use repo.ubports.com now, repo2 is just a mirror.

gpatel-fr

@CiberSheep

is it not necessary to import the public key in your local gpg ?
gpg --import <pubkey.gpg
where pubkey is the result of

wget http://repo2.ubports.com/pubkey.gpg

CiberSheep

@mariogrip @gpatel-fr mhm
I can get the repo2 on Tor... mhm...

CiberSheep

Aaand today is working with no problem.
May be related to football, the end of the world or something

CiberSheep

@mariogrip ah! The rat is out:

Provider is blocking the repo2 also:

http(s)://repo.ubports.com/
https://www.ubports.com/

CiberSheep

I have filed a complaint to the internet provider via the OCU. I guess they'll day it's not their fault.
Next shot might be UBports as foundation to file a complaint via https://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm

My guess is that the blockage, being two Sundays in a row might be because of the tele more info also here.

Edit: Some users on Mastodon suggested to take a look at OONI as they start gathering information this subject.

CiberSheep

Again today. And some other webs (control panel from my web hosting). Good!
(BTW I got a VPN, so we're good). Internet provider told me to use Tor (how progressive)

I'm using OONI to record the issue
https://explorer.ooni.org/domain/repo2.ubports.com?since=2025-11-14&until=2025-12-14

CiberSheep

said in http://repo2.ubports.com/dists/focal/InRelease blocked when there's football on the tv:

I have filed a complaint to the internet provider via the OCU. I guess they'll day it's not their fault.

I got an «answer». Please note that I'm being blocked (and everyone that connects from a Spanish network) to several websites because, literally «security reasons». «Security reasons» means that a football business is blocking random IPs because they think they are pirating their signal. Also, the «security reasons» are intermittent as you can see in the logs of OONI.
The more it goes, the more IPs that are being blocked (it seems).

My next step is going to the European Síndic de Greuges (that I don't know how it's called in English)