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Q for Mullvad users: How often is access trough Mullvad VPN blocked by sites?
by nabla9 2y ago
Q for Mullvad users: How often is access trough Mullvad VPN blocked by sites?
- Tistron 2y agoIn my experience it happens, but rarely. Fairly often I get captchas which is annoying, but tolerable.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- eCa 2y agoEU user here. Streaming platforms approaching 100%. Other than that, not common, but slightly increasing.
- giantfrog 2y agoReddit blocks it. Very annoying. Edit: when not logged in.
- Izkata 2y agoDoesn't block it for me.
- giantfrog 2y agoWeird! Every Mullvad server I’ve ever used is blocked by Reddit.
- _emacsomancer_ 2y agoI think maybe being logged in or not affects this
- giantfrog 2y agoYeah this is the case—-sorry, should have clarified that
- DaSHacka 2y agoIt only blocks VPN browsing if you're signed out; it's possible GP is logged in
- szszrk 2y agoHow do you access it? App? I'm using it through mullvad with no issues, usually on mobile Firefox on desktop Firefox.
- infogulch 2y agoRedReader app, logged in.
- vsgherzi 2y agoI regularly use Reddit without an account on Mullvad, try different nodes I usually use LA 503
- Adachi91 2y agoOften if you're on a bad node that has been rate-limited, usually connecting to a different node in the region helps. However VPN blocking very often and more frequent especially this year, it seems like walls are going up everywhere. Side note: one of Mullvad's Miami servers is blocked by HN, I have to switch nodes if I land on that one because "Sorry" message.
- DaSHacka 2y ago> Side note: one of Mullvad's Miami servers is blocked by HN, I have to switch nodes if I land on that one because "Sorry" message. I frequently hit "Sorry" messages when opening a few HN links in quick succession through Mullvad too. I suppose the IPs have been flagged as potentially malicious. Not sure what it takes for that to happen though; my server that archives every post made on HN has yet to get banned or heavily ratelimited, it just hits a 429 every once in a while.
- Hakkin 2y agoIt's fairly rare during general browsing, but Mullvad makes no attempt to hide that their servers are VPN IPs, so any site that explicitly wants to block VPN users will very likely block Mullvad. Mostly an issue if you're trying to use a VPN to view geo-blocked media.
- evildojo666 2y agoOften enough. Some Mullvad locations will cause Google to throw up excessive captchas. Others will cause reddit and imgur to 403 your response. For most places, not a problem, but some WAFs are explicitely blocking certain known IPs.
- morphle 2y agoMost Cloudflare sites throw up captchas, switching to other Mullvad servers every hour does not help anymore. Reddit blocks completely. Many other YC funded startups block Mullvad VPN (I miss Paul Graham's influence, don't you?). Port forwarding was removed by Mulled company so less bittorrent peers. All magnet link search engines and 90% torrent sites block Mullvad, even though these sites advertise VPN. Enshittification is nearly ubiquitous now [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoI get lots of Cloudflare authenticators, some Youtube content gets blocked, and a few sites will not load at all. Reddit (which I avoid as often as possible) blocks it completely [1]. Switching to a different country sometimes works but increasingly does not. I don't use streaming services apart from Youtube. Still, I am happy with the service and will continue to use it. Edit: [1] As others have written below, Reddit blocks when not logged in. Since I don't have an account, that's a 100% block rate for me.
- vitehozonage 2y agoOften. It is becoming a big problem. In the last couple of days youtube has become almost unusable. Reddit is usually blocked. Twitch shadowbans chats. A lot of random unexpected sites block it like wiki pages. Captchas make google too annoying to use (but mullvad has its own proxy called Leta but it lacks features like suggested corrections to the search). I still use it always and persist despite this. Often hopping servers will work but I might have to try 5+ different servers
- hyperliner 2y ago[dead]
- y-c-o-m-b 2y agoI switched from Mullvad to ProtonVPN for this exact reason about 1.5 years ago. Unfortunately ProtonVPN seems to be even worse at this now. It's become clear that the more popular VPN services are increasingly having connectivity problems to many popular sites (social media, streaming media, etc.)
- JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 2y agoI use the default endpoint in Sweden, and I can’t access Reddit and YouTube without being logged in (which I refuse to do). Not an issue in the end because it’s mostly a waste of time.
- ritcgab 2y agoIt's highly dependent on the endpoint selection. Some providers' IP ranges are blocked while some are not.