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My dad used to complain that he couldn't get on certain websites, got CAPTCHAs a lot more than he used to and often prices came up in US dollars on his computer
by jonathantf2 2y ago
My dad used to complain that he couldn't get on certain websites, got CAPTCHAs a lot more than he used to and often prices came up in US dollars on his computer, turns out he paid for a 3y plan to NordVPN and had it start on start up on his computer.
He can barely work the Sky box never mind stream stuff from the internet, he got duped into thinking it would make him "safer" when in reality it just makes using the internet a lot harder as everyone flags your traffic as malicious based on the datacentre IP.
- username135 2y agoWhy is your assumption that VPN traffic is being blocked because it's malicious?
- SkyPuncher 2y agoBecause it absolutely is. I occasionally fire up Mullvad when I’m on the go. I get blocked way more often when I use it
- csours 2y agoIf you read carefully, you may see that they did not say that "VPN traffic is being blocked because it's malicious"
- hsbauauvhabzb 2y agoBecause people run crawlers and perform illegal activity, and/or because ‘security companies’ sell the IP lists as low reputation potentially malicious IPs?
- xmodem 2y agoAnyone who has browsed through one of these personal VPN services - or even a DIY VPN from a datacentre IP - for more than about 10 minutes will have experienced the increase in captcha's.
- kefyras 2y ago>Anyone who has browsed through one of these personal VPN services - or even a DIY VPN from a datacentre IP - for more than about 10 minutes will have experienced the increase in captcha's. So has anyone behind random CGNAT.
- akira2501 2y agoIt's the same with any broker service. Fire up a Hurricane Electric IPv6 tunnel for the same effect.
- jonathantf2 2y agoBecause I've hosted websites where blocking datacentre IPs has caused a massive reduction in spam and malicious activity - and tried to use Google search with Mullvad dialled only to be greeted by a CAPTCHA every other search.
- Spooky23 2y agoAs someone who operated a high fraud target during the pandemic, I am comfortable asserting that while not all commercial VPN traffic is fraudulent or malicious, most fraudulent or malicious traffic is over VPN.