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Comment by Retr0id

5 hours ago

In many cases, using a VPN is a great way to get your account flagged as suspicious.

Care to share more details about this? Which account? What do you mean by “suspicious”? What specific effects does this have?

I use a VPN 24/7 on one machine. Zero issues even with banking, although sometimes I have to answer CAPTCHAs.

  • Some sites block or offer a degraded experience for VPN traffic. This happens occasionally when I use Mullvad.

    Some examples: Imgur loads but does not display any content. USPS's website does not load.

    • Now that I think about it USPS is the one place I get blocked. Still, it seems like people facing an age gate should be able to circumvent it without much hassle on a regular basis.