[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

My router is on a VPN

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I do this with an old phone on wifi. I don't think it's a huge deal. I use fetch and haven't seen any ads or credit card offers etc. you just exchange points for gift cards. I know it's probably harvesting some data from me, but I don't really use that phone for much else, and I use a VPN/not my real email.

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

I use ExpressVPN and their PW manager. I love it. It also has 2fa keys. Super dynamic and has worked on a few different phones I've had as well as browsers (Vivaldi, brave, etc)

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

the ads have been increasingly annoying for me. still always looking for solutions to this enshitification.

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

thank you! yea it's really weird that it was going to "localhost" that's what was tripping me up. I tried changing locations of the VPN and that seems to have worked for now, but I don't really get why. computers, man.

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

omg ok I changed the location and it worked. thanks! this is still really weird, because it was happening before on another location, but maybe I'll just try to change that next time.

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

thanks for checking...I'm extremely confused!

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

that's what I'm confused about. when I turn off my VPN, it loads normally, without changing any settings within the browser or computer/phone.

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

saw a sticker recently that said "there is no cloud, just other people's computers"

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edit: I changed my location and that seems to have worked for now. still a strange thing that it was localhost and not "site blocked" or something if my location was the issue. my VPN (ExpressVPN) was set to NJ. I switched to Toronto. ___ 🤷

hi all!!

has anyone else had this issue and been able to fix it? it happens on any browser (vivaldi, brave, lightning, vivandium...), phone or desktop, if I'm connected to my VPN.

I'm using startpage specifically because it's supposed to be privacy-focused... I don't want to keep disconnecting my VPN every time I have to make a search.

(internet connection is working perfectly and no issues with other sites)

(I have some other search engines I use for specific things, but looking to troubleshoot this if anyone knows the solution...)

[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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[-] copyscam@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Wait seriously?? I just joined BC dbzer0 went all AI obsessed. I hadn't seen that much tankie shit on .ml yet... Where tf are the anarchists on Lemmy?

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