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iamnothereyesterday at 8:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

Care to share more details about this? Which account? What do you mean by “suspicious”? What specific effects does this have?

I use a VPN 24/7 on one machine. Zero issues even with banking, although sometimes I have to answer CAPTCHAs.


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bhelkeyyesterday at 9:25 PM

Some sites block or offer a degraded experience for VPN traffic. This happens occasionally when I use Mullvad.

Some examples: Imgur loads but does not display any content. USPS's website does not load.

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j-kriegeryesterday at 9:02 PM

Your VPN provider shares their IP lists publicly. For a lot of website owners, blocking those is a simple way of getting rid of 80% of spam.

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