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Re:120k-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans ... by mhh__ on Saturday September 19, 2020 @03:00PM (#24529678)
It might just be a virgin media thing but I cannot browse to any vpn sites but the filtering is done differently the porn filter i.e. it's by government request but not publicly enough to warrant a redirect to their site
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Re:120k-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans ... by cameronh90 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @07:44PM (#24531027)
Nobody else I know on Virgin Media is experiencing this. Is it possible you have some malware on your device/network?
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Re:120k-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans ... by Kataphract on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:40PM (#24531592)
I swapped to TalkTalk recently and have the same problem. All but the most obscure VPN sites are blocked. My guess is because using them is aginst TOS?
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Re:120k-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans ... by g_p on Sunday September 20, 2020 @12:42PM (#24535032)
Have you checked that you've turned off any "parental controls". I believe by default, new connections come with a "family friendly" filter. And that includes VPN services, since (presumably by their logic) VPNs are the first thing a kid will download to get around this filter...
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