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amatecha ◴[] No.41867018[source]
I get blocked from websites with some regularity, running Firefox with strict privacy settings, "resist fingerprinting" etc. on OpenBSD. They just give a 403 Forbidden with no explanation, but it's only ever on sites fronted by CloudFlare. Good times. Seems legit.
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wakeupcall ◴[] No.41868030[source]
Also running FF with strict privacy settings and several blockers. The annoyances are constantly increasing. Cloudflare, captchas, "we think you're a bot", constantly recurring cookie popups and absurd requirements are making me hate most of the websites and services I hit nowdays.

I tried for a long time to get around it, but now when I hit a website like this just close the tab and don't bother anymore.

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afh1 ◴[] No.41868417[source]
Same, but for VPN (either corporate or personal). Reddit blocks it completely, requires you to sign-in but even the sign-in page is "network restricted"; LinkedIn shows you a captcha but gives an error when submitting the result (several reports online); and overall a lot of 403's. All go magically away when turning off the VPN. Companies, specially adtechs like Reddit and LinkedIn, do NOT want you to browse privately, to the point they rather you don't use their website at all unless without a condom.
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1. acdha ◴[] No.41868822[source]
> Companies, specially adtechs like Reddit and LinkedIn, do NOT want you to browse privately, to the point they rather you don't use their website at all unless without a condom.

That’s true in some cases, I’m sure, but also remember that most site owners deal with lots of tedious abuse. For example, some people get really annoyed about Tor being blocked but for most sites Tor is a tiny fraction of total traffic but a fairly large percentage of the abuse probing for vulnerabilities, guessing passwords, spamming contact forms, etc. so while I sympathize for the legitimate users I also completely understand why a busy site operator is going to flip a switch making their log noise go down by a double-digit percentage.

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2. rolph ◴[] No.41871038[source]
funny thing, when FF is blocked i can get through with TOR.
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3. mmooss ◴[] No.41875575[source]
With what browser? The same one that's blocked?