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Comment by robgibbons

3 years ago

Upon upvoting this submission, I was prompted to login which included a captcha. Possibly due to use of a VPN. Are you using a VPN?

I currently avoid VPNs, since it is my understanding using them can collapse all your Tor Browser circuits, ruining the utility of the tool.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211120193211/https://matt.trau...

If you need to geo-shift or pirate or something less risky than being a literal dissident, I recommend being VERY careful not to do it where you sleep in case you slip up.

(And remember: your DNS queries go to the exit note or the VPN, not the ISP.)

I do often use a VPN, but not this time, I'm just connecting from MIT's network.

As Dang says it sounds like it's just a short term attack mitigation, glad to hear it's not intended as a permanent feature.

I just got it and I'm not on a VPN. Would be nice of dang or someone just announced that this is in place now.