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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by throwaway290 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @01:37AM (#42556915)
I saw GDPR related blockage like literally twice in a few years and I connect from EU IP almost all the time

Overload of captcha is not about GDPR...

but the issue is strange. @benhurmarcel I would check if there is somebody or some company nearby abusing stuff and you got under the hammer. Maybe unscrupulous VPN company. Using a good VPN can in fact make things better (but will cost money) or if you have a place to put your own all the better. otherwise check if you can change your IP with provider or change providers or move I guess...

not to excuse CF racket but as this thread shows the data hungry artificial stupidity leaves no choice to some sites

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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by benhurmarcel on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @06:05AM (#42557971)
Does it work only based on the IP?

I also tried from a mobile 4G connection, it’s the same.

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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by throwaway290 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @12:43AM (#42564209)
This may be too paranoid, but if your mobile IP is persistent and phone was compromised and is serving as a proxy for bots then it could explain why your IP fell out of favor
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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @05:29AM (#42565170)
You don't get your own external IP with the phone, it's shared, like NAT.
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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by throwaway290 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @06:50AM (#42565485)
Depends on provider/plan
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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by scarface_74 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @09:54AM (#42566337)
I get a different IPv4 and IPv6 address every time I toggle airplane mode on and off.
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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by lazide on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @10:52PM (#42571480)
Externally routable IPv4, or just a different between-a-cgnat address?
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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by scarface_74 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @11:41PM (#42571679)
Externally routable IPv4 as seen by whatismyip.com.
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Re:AI companies cause most of traffic on forums by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @05:21AM (#42565139)
I found it's best to use VPSes from young and little known hosting companies, as their IP is not yet on the blacklists.
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