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I've been on the other side of this (threat analysis, not Facebook). Known VPN-associated IP addresses were far more likely to be associated with abuse than av
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
I've been on the other side of this (threat analysis, not Facebook).
Known VPN-associated IP addresses were far more likely to be associated with abuse than average. Not just a little bit, but approaching 2 orders of magnitude worse in our case. It's not even close.
It's too bad for the people who need to use public VPN services for whatever reason, but until we have perfect bot/abuse detection, banning VPN, Tor, and proxy services is far and away the most effective tool for cutting down on abuse.
- londons_explore 5y agoBut it's hard to 'abuse' reading a blog post...
- danuker 5y agoThere's denial of service, which wastes server resources, reducing the accessibility to humans interested in the content.
- Dylan16807 5y agoI'd think that your average VPN block could just be rate limited if that's a big worry.
- thesz 5y agoOne of the VPN services I've used had their own IP addresses blacklisted - I was unable to view their list of servers while using their VPN. When asked, they cited possible abuse as a reason. But whitelisted them again after a while.
- 20395858439 5y ago