schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 27 days agoImgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory finewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarethr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoimgur blocks VPNs. Ask me how I know.
minus-squaretal@olio.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-226 days agohttps://gist.github.com/michelleeywao/b10f25152200040f291fd6c6d0d71329 This appears to be from three months ago. It sounds like Imgur can ban IPs — I assume that this is a tempban. The above study lists success rates for requesting images on various VPNs. NordVPN is at 98%, ExpressVPN 97%. It also says that free VPNs have a far lower success rate, as their IPs tend to be blacklisted.
imgur blocks VPNs. Ask me how I know.
How do you know?
https://gist.github.com/michelleeywao/b10f25152200040f291fd6c6d0d71329
This appears to be from three months ago. It sounds like Imgur can ban IPs — I assume that this is a tempban.
The above study lists success rates for requesting images on various VPNs. NordVPN is at 98%, ExpressVPN 97%.
It also says that free VPNs have a far lower success rate, as their IPs tend to be blacklisted.