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Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me

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597 points classichasclass | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lwansbrough ◴[25 Aug 25 05:55 UTC] No.45010657[source]▶
We solved a lot of our problems by blocking all Chinese ASNs. Admittedly, not the friendliest solution, but there were so many issues originating from Chinese clients that it was easier to just ban the entire country.

It's not like we can capitalize on commerce in China anyway, so I think it's a fairly pragmatic approach.

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lxgr ◴[25 Aug 25 06:10 UTC] No.45010748[source]▶
Why stop there? Just block all non-US IPs!

If it works for my health insurance company, essentially all streaming services (including not even being able to cancel service from abroad), and many banks, it’ll work for you as well.

Surely bad actors wouldn’t use VPNs or botnets, and your customers never travel abroad?

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1. runroader ◴[25 Aug 25 12:38 UTC] No.45013192[source]▶
Oddly, my bank has no problem with non-US IPs, but my City's municipal payments site doesn't. I always think it's broken for a moment before realizing I have my VPN turned on.