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It appears that Feddit.uk blocks me when I try to access it via VPN. Do we really want to do that? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was just trying to access Feddit.UK via a popular VPN. It looked like the site didn't even exist. Just a gray error page.

I'm not sure this is a good policy.

EDIT: I have clarification from ProtonVPN about what the problem is with accessing Feddit.uk. They have a service called NetShield which blocks IP addresses associated with malware and trackers. There is a false positive for Feddit.uk. Their team is aware of it, and will hopefully fix it. In the meantime, people can access Feddit.uk using ProtonVPN by turning NetShield off. It works for me.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s working with my nord VPN I haven’t blocked anything around VPNs so not sure what’s going on here

Would you mind sharing a screenshot and possibly a console log of the issue if you can?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

DONE. I sent you private messages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can access it fine through Mullvad, maybe it's your particular VPN

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It seems to be a problem with ProtonVPN.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Sshhh. Don't let them know they need to block Mullvad tunnels too!

But in all seriousness it works for me through Mullvad as well. I wonder what other VPNs they have blocked.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Interesting. If I switch ProtonVPN on, “server cannot be found” for feddit.uk. Even if I set the VPN to UK server.

No VPN - loads fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Working for me from Proton, reckon they might have fixed it in the last 24h?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's an issue with NetShield. If you have NetShield off, you can access Feddit.uk. They seem to be working on a fix, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the private DNS adblocker right? I use AdGuard's one which doesn't seem to have a problem, maybe Proton have a block-first-verify-later policy for new domains like this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes, it's the private DNS adblocker.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds like a Proton problem with their DNS maybe. I wonder what happens if you override the DNS to something like Quad9?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I just tried with proton VPN and got a DNS error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s an issue with NetShield. If you have NetShield off, you can access Feddit.uk. They seem to be working on a fix, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that worked, thanks for following that up!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have clarification from ProtonVPN about what the problem is with accessing Feddit.uk. They have a service called NetShield which blocks IP addresses associated with malware and trackers. There is a false positive for Feddit.uk. Their team is aware of it, and will hopefully fix it. In the meantime, people can access Feddit.uk using ProtonVPN by turning NetShield off. It works for me.

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