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Reddit now blocks signed out VPN connections. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by 13617@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Just replace "www" with "old". I just use a Firefox addon that does that automatically after seeing that nonsense the other day.

[–] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

I circumvent it with Tor Browser (Alpha) on my android mobile.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't Reddit have a version for Tor? Seems strange

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

does it still work?

[–] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tor works.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean Tor as a whole or Reddit's .onion?

[–] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I daily drive FF Focus. When I encounter the discussed page, I just navigate to 'Open in..." and choose my TOR browser and open it there. VPN stays active all the time (Proton).

I'll check if it loads the page as an onion site or not.

Checked, loaded with default settings (.com) and as an .onion site. Both work.

So Tor works as a whole for me for now, it seems.

ETA: clarify - Added "(.com)"

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That isn't how tor works, you're getting better anonymity but it isn't magically making a clear web site in to an onion site.

[–] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks for the comment!

I explain poorly.

The Tor Browser has this setting to redirect clearweb urls to onion urls.

When used in the Tor browser, I can access reddit with it's clearweb site (.com) and (with the "prioritize Tor sites" turned on) the url showing it as onion site (.onion).

Hope I understand it right and with the setting turned on, tor indeed "magically makes clear web site to an onion site".

Not Tor-expert, hope I get this right. :)

ETA: clarify

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't they have a similar glitch not too long ago?

https://windowsreport.com/reddit-user-agent-error/

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