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It appears that Feddit.uk blocks me when I try to access it via VPN. Do we really want to do that? (self.feddituk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GoodKingElliot to c/feddituk
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I was just trying to access Feddit.UK via a popular VPN. It looked like the site didn't even exist. Just a gray error page.

I'm not sure this is a good policy.

EDIT: I have clarification from ProtonVPN about what the problem is with accessing Feddit.uk. They have a service called NetShield which blocks IP addresses associated with malware and trackers. There is a false positive for Feddit.uk. Their team is aware of it, and will hopefully fix it. In the meantime, people can access Feddit.uk using ProtonVPN by turning NetShield off. It works for me.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Interesting. If I switch ProtonVPN on, “server cannot be found” for feddit.uk. Even if I set the VPN to UK server.

No VPN - loads fine.

[–] tkc 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That sounds like a Proton problem with their DNS maybe. I wonder what happens if you override the DNS to something like Quad9?

[–] whenever8186 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I just tried with proton VPN and got a DNS error.

[–] GoodKingElliot 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s an issue with NetShield. If you have NetShield off, you can access Feddit.uk. They seem to be working on a fix, though.

[–] whenever8186 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that worked, thanks for following that up!

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