Just wanted to keep everyone in the loop. If you encounter an issue where you cannot post or comment, but voting is functioning correctly, it is most likely because we have implemented a block for VPN & Tor users. If you are using these services, you can still take part in activities such as voting, reporting posts, and performing other passive actions on the site. We implemented this restriction because of users posting illegal content.
See https://lemmy.world/post/11571711
While we value our users’ right to privacy, we also prioritize the protection of both ourselves and our users. We want to emphasize that we weigh the pros and cons of restrictions like these with the entire team. We do not take these actions lightly, and we hope everyone understands the reasoning behind it.
I hope there’s a useful error message, that could be very annoying to troubleshoot.
We did include a meaningful response body to help.
I image with how techy and fos lemmy tends to be, I’m sure there’s a ton of people using VPNs, so a lot of people will probably run into that issue.
It’ll come up in a curl or httpie request. All our WAF errors have meaningful returns, I make sure of it ❤️
I know I’m late to the party here, but sadly there is nothing obvious if you are on a desktop browser. The only feedback you get is an endless spinning gear.
I just found this post from a search and I’m sad I can’t connect with a VPN. :(
Ah, yeah, I wish there was a better way to let clients and browsers know. I’ll add a note to the sidebar at least.
What do you mean when you say a “response body”? What is it ? Does it show anywhere in a browser ?
That’s a bummer that CSAM is still being posted. I get that y’all need to stop the people posting it immediately, and I agree with whatever you need to do to make that happen. However, I hope you can find a solution later down the road that allows VPN users to continue fully interacting with the site.
Indeed. I don’t use the Internet at all without a VPN connected. These days you can’t possibly be blocking people for that reason. There are other ways to find child porn or whatever. Like calling the authorities.
How detailed is .world’s IP logging? I’m sure many privacy-minded users think that’s important to know before disabling their VPNs.
Additionally, would it be possible to allow posts/comments that don’t have any links or images? Or does even that introduce too much risk?
Opera browser (with data saving on) is now blocked since your (this one) change.
P.S. : this post should be pinned to the entire site (not only to this community).
Does that enable Operas built in proxy service?
Does that enable Operas built in proxy service?
Yes, that what Opera Data Saver does.
So that is probably why it is blocked. That was a guess on my part. I looked at Opera once and did not like where it connected.
That was a few years ago on a clean device.
Understandable. Hopefully that can be removed via some reputation level based checks in the future.
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It is so annoying that lemmy.world politics community is not about world politics. Either make it not only-US or rename it to US politics.
That’s such a lazy and irresponsible stance to take. If I get blocked from commenting because I value my privacy, it’ll be goodbye lemmy.world.
What privacy? You’re in the fediverse bud. There’s no privacy here. And nobody could care less about your IP address.
because I value my privacy
What makes you think you’re more private browsing Lemmy via a VPN? You’re aware you made an account and are logged in, right?
Byyye! ❤️
