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IP addresses are not anonymous. Have you tried to make your IP address anonymous, e.g., with Tor or one of those NordVPN-like companies? (not picking on Nord, t
by immibis 1y ago
IP addresses are not anonymous. Have you tried to make your IP address anonymous, e.g., with Tor or one of those NordVPN-like companies? (not picking on Nord, though they deserve to be picked on - they're just the most advertised.)
You'll find CAPTCHAs almost everywhere, outright 403s or dropped connections in a lot of places. Even Google won't serve you sometimes.
The reason you're not seeing that situation right now is that your IP address is identifiable.
- reginald78 1y agoI see captchas all the time on my home internet connection without a VPN these days. That era seems to be ending, probably because AI scraping is now using residential IP blocks.
- immibis 1y agoThere's been talk on NANOG about whole residential ISPs getting marked as VPNs now. Turns out selling excessive security to businesses is easy, I guess. Like CrowdStrike.
- g-b-r 1y agoIP addresses can be anonymous, and I do get CAPTCHAs almost everywhere they're used, without using Tor. What cannot possibly be anonymous is a login with a verified identity.