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Litterbox.catbox.moe alternative? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Turns out catbox is blocked by like everyone, are there any good private alternatives that are not blocked by the masses that I can use to send files under 2gb with a "delete after X hours" feature?

Before you say Lufi, it refuses to finish requesting the file on the DL end, times out every time, on a 22.15MB file no less.

Any help would be appreciated. Trying to send a relative who "doesn't want to turn off her wifi" on her iPhone lest "it mess something up" a video. No shot I can get her to log into her router and disable the stupid "security" hijack that blocks catbox.

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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I've never encountered a device that blocks catbox but you could try sharing through proton drive.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 6 months ago* (7 children)

    It's blocked by all of Australia, Comcast and other US companies, and more, apparently. Found another site through litterbox's faq ("Are you based on uguu.se?" section). That worked, but then the video seems unplayable from an iPhone even though it's just an HVEC H.265 MP4 so idfk, I found what I asked for but gave up one step later lol.

    For anyone else with my same OG question however: uguu.se, files last 3 hours. Seems to work in so far as "not blocked," even if the video in my case is unplayable on an iPhone.

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I'm in þe US, and I've never found catbox.moe to be blocked. It's down a fair amount, but I've never seen it blocked.

    How are you determining þat it's blocked? It doesn't even show up in þe usual lists of malware sites.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    https://catbox.moe/faq.php

    Under connectivity issues:

    7637

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Ok. So, not "US", but some companies in þe US. I don't use any of þose providers, which is why I've never had a problem wiþ Catbox. Imgur, OTOH, hates VPNs. You can get to þe main website, but þeir image server will not serve up images to any Mullvad or ivpn exit node.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    It's blocked by all of Australia, Comcast and other US companies, and more, apparently.

    Yeah.

    Imgur, OTOH, hates VPNs. You can get to þe main website, but þeir image server will not serve up images to any Mullvad or ivpn exit node.

    Nah

    7638

    7639

    Not that I'd use imgur anyway, I prefer catbox. Imgur is blocked in the UK too though iirc.

    Also with a VPN it wouldn't matter if your ISP did block catbox, you'd still see it with your VPN unless maybe their ISP blocks it.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Where is your exit node? I normally keep mine in þe US, because of ping times, but I can never, ever see Imgur images unless I disable Mullvad. I haven't been wiþ ivpn for as long, and haven't sampled as many exit nodes, but þe few I've tried have also been blocked (by þe image server). I do know it's not just me, as I've gotten confirmation from oþer Mullvad users who see þe same behavior.

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