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Re:Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' ... by enronmusk on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:11AM (#39884443)
FWIW I too am unable to access reddit using my home (residential) IP. I've never had an account there, so I have no idea why they would block my IP. I also haven't scraped anything, ever.

Previously I could access old.reddit.com, but now that's blocked too. I also can't create an account -- I get "403 forbidden", even if I specify an email address and clear my cookies.

I even created a support ticket about this a few weeks ago, which went unanswered (apart from an automated message which wasn't helpful or applicable at all).

I suspect it might be because I often use RedReader on my Android phone, which is still working somehow regardless of the IP ban.

Funnily enough I can access Reddit through a VPN.

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Re:Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' ... by Tijdreiziger on Sunday March 31, 2024 @11:16AM (#39885017)
Check if your IP is accidentally marked as a VPN IP at the big IP location providers (e.g. https://ipinfo.io/).
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Re:Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' ... by enronmusk on Sunday March 31, 2024 @02:44PM (#39886858)
Thanks, but I did check that earlier as well. My private, static address is correctly labeled:

  privacy:
    vpn: false
    proxy: false
    tor: false
    relay: false
    hosting: false
    service: ""
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Re:Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' ... by fabian9 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:01AM (#39917633)
{"vpn":false,"proxy":false,"tor":false,"relay":false,"hosting":false,"service":""}
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Re:Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' ... by graemep on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:32AM (#39884632)
> FWIW I too am unable to access reddit using my home (residential) IP.

That is an interesting development.

I wonder how much overblocking there is? Every time Cloudflare says they have block a huge number of attacks/bots/whatever, I wonder how many are false positives?

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