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failed at 1, you cannot create a gmail account with a VPN (unless you want to verify by phone)
by smotched 4y ago
failed at 1, you cannot create a gmail account with a VPN (unless you want to verify by phone)
- stepupmakeup 4y agoSMS verification services from first-world countries cost a couple dollars at most
- vhgyu75e6u 4y agoI always read that but have never found a service like that, do you have a link? A lot of services that I don't want then to have my PII are starting to ask for phone verification.
- mardifoufs 4y agoTry textverified, you can even pay in crypto for legit unused numbers Though I don't know if they are somehow blacklisted by Google. And the main service is just a one time verification rental but you can also rent a number for a few days.
- mdrzn 4y agoThere's plenty of websites for services like that, just google "pva verification"
- javajosh 4y agoHow does Google know you're on a VPN? I'd assume that it could only be inferred from the source IP address of your UA, which implies Google keeps track of well-known VPN source IPs. However, apart from the fact this is imperfect (I assume IP blocks are shifting all the time?) you could easily spin up a VPN of your own on a cloud VPS, in which case tracking IP blocks wouldn't work. Perhaps simplest of all, you could always sign up for the email on a semi/public wifi access point, or even from a shared computer, as from an internet cafe or even a friends phone.
- lionkor 4y agoCloud VPSs can be looked up and you can see theyre a datacenter IP, which is probably assumed to be "VPN" by default. I'm running my own vpn like that, but i still get blocked on sites for use of a VPN.
- dewey 4y agoVPN detection isn’t rocket science. It’s a commodity and works well for Netflix and all other services relying on geo ip detection. It’s not always accurate but works well enough. Blocking data center IP ranges is also done frequently and so spinning up a VPS on a provider like DigitalOcean won’t work. The most likely option to use is residential proxies which are real IPs of devices, these are very hard to block but expensive. Probably best to just go to a public wifi and used a burner phone if that’s what you want to do.
- mnd999 4y agoA pay-as-you-go burner phone is pretty cheap.
- lionkor 4y agoLots of sites, including afaik google, discord, etc. detect this and do not allow them.
- VanTheBrand 4y agoI’m surprised I haven’t read any articles about how low income people with bad credit who can’t get a post paid cell phone are banned from gmail. Or maybe this is just incorrect.
- lionkor 4y agoI cannot remember the last time I've read an article about any issues low income households face when using tech, but maybe thats just my selection of news, im not sure. I know that I have difficulties using some services because I cannot afford faster internet, for example.
- aliswe 4y agoWow, big claim. Also your other comment that they detect custom vpns, im just thinking hmmm ... do you actually know what youre talking about?
- lionkor 4y agoYes, I do. All you have to do is look up the IP of someone connecting, and if its not a home IP (e.g. a datacenter IP, like inside an IP range that a larger hosting company owns), its most likely a VPN or something similar. Instead of writing this comment you could've taken one of the nodes you run (since you seem to be so qualified) and simply install openvpn on it and connect to it. Then go and visit sites that would be restrictive, or visit any site that tells you more about your IP. But sure, go off and question my qualifications because you haven't considered this, or tried it, or ran into the issue yourself. Plus, the way Discord, for example, does phone numbers, is that they just block anything they arent quite sure about.
- pid-1 4y agoWait what? I definitely did that in past.
- Cub3 4y agoWhy not just buy an account from eBay or similar?