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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This sounds amazing. I wish Lemmy CA didn't block image loading over VPNs so I could see it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Don’t images load from your own instance?

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago

Thumbnails do, not the actual image generally.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why and how would Lemmy know that you're using a VPN, and why would block only specifically images? That doesn't make sense to me.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The lemmy.ca server blocks some VPN endpoints.

example

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 17 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not VPN endpoints we block, it's some ASN's that we've seen excessive amounts of abusive traffic from. Primarily that's isps in China, but I also added Zenlayer a while ago (which is the hosting provider your vpn endpoint was on).

I've removed them from the ban list, you should be good now. They might get readded if we see a flood of abuse from them though.

I just happened to see your comment, anyone can feel free to dm me if they have issues.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 23 hours ago

Neat. Thank you!