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You cannot access reddit without either an account, or turning off your VPN. Effectively meaning that it’s difficult to access reddit privately, as they can either track you with IP or with account.

Even alternative frontends like RDX for reddit by @[email protected] don’t solve this issue.

I can’t believe more people haven’t left because of that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Grabs calendar Well hey that's when my life fell apart after they killed my puppy. -probably unrelated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah it's annoying AF to get around it, I sadly gave up and logged in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Have you tried just using Lemmy instead?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here I am thinking I was a controversial asshole.. nope, just a security nerd. I wonder if NordVPN's new nordwhisper protocol will circumvent some of this?

I've also wondered if they've collected hardware hashes of the actual computer beyond IPv4. Never heard of CaptchaV3.. I'll have to read up on that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Reveddit seems to be a useful workaround but of course you'll see all the removed content as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I just host a RedLib instance and browse every so often. Starting to use Lemmy more for actual interactions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

YouTube too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

they have a tor hidden service, still seems to work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

every account I made on there got shadowbanned. I made them before they had email as a requirement

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Also if you block all cookies the website breaks too lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It's not a straight up block, sometimes reddit disallows you from seeing threads when you're on a vpn, but it's not always consistent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah I've had to switch servers a lot to view helpful reddit posts I find online

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Works fine for me but Mbin > reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh, I just reconnect to different Mullvad servers until it connects to one that isn't flagged by Reddit, on the rare occasion I need info from a Reddit post.

Unfortunately for Reddit, I am more stubborn than they are, and will quite happily spend 5 minutes doing that instead of registering an account/going without a VPN. And if they "fix" that, I'm quite certain I could find a workaround.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They seem to not only use IP based techniques - they block me if I use wireguard to my dedicated server (who's public IP range has been mine for longer than wireguard exists and almost as long as Reddit exists) while I can access it directly from that IP without issues. And if I dial back into my home network it's basically 50/50 if it works or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

they have vcaptcha v3, which im told it silently records you in the background and check for botting behavior, plus if you login with the same vpn+ip that has compromised reddit accounts. theres anti-detection browsers, mobile proxies, and additional need to let your account simmer after creating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have no account logged in and use FF private mode,but yeah. It's annoying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Without the services I mentioned it's pretty hard to get around, and people use of on reddit uses those methods, and they pay, and it's not 100%. I used to create new accounts at a university library computer, so they almost never catch on if one receives a subreddit ban. Their AI looks for posting pattern writing style as well, so they are looking at everything you do, not just IP.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are slowly killing public access.

They don't want you using reddit unless you are using with an account tied to real ID.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (14 children)

They want to pump up the number of new accounts and/or monthly active accounts by any means necessary now that the stock price depends on it.

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