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Comment by dannyw

19 days ago

That’s probably a page/site rule set by the website owner. Some sites block EU IPs as the costs of complying with GDPR outweigh the gain.

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throwaway290  19 days ago

I saw GDPR related blockage like literally twice in a few years and I connect from EU IP almost all the time

Overload of captcha is not about GDPR...

but the issue is strange. @benhurmarcel I would check if there is somebody or some company nearby abusing stuff and you got under the hammer. Maybe unscrupulous VPN company. Using a good VPN can in fact make things better (but will cost money) or if you have a place to put your own all the better. otherwise check if you can change your IP with provider or change providers or move I guess...

not to excuse CF racket but as this thread shows the data hungry artificial stupidity leaves no choice to some sites

  • EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK  18 days ago

    I found it's best to use VPSes from young and little known hosting companies, as their IP is not yet on the blacklists.

  • benhurmarcel  19 days ago

    Does it work only based on the IP?

    I also tried from a mobile 4G connection, it’s the same.

    • throwaway290  18 days ago

      This may be too paranoid, but if your mobile IP is persistent and phone was compromised and is serving as a proxy for bots then it could explain why your IP fell out of favor

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