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It's probably a bot account that tried to read the article to come up with a reasonable comment, but TCRF likely serves a "you're a bot, go away" static response page when it's accessed by bots. Pretty funny.
I take that back! It seems to be happening to multiple people using VPNs. My bad. I should have been more charitable.
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Many of us only like legitimate users, and therefore block VPNs.
What makes a VPN user inherently “illegitimate” in your view?
And you as a site operator can't really tell apart skiddies, griefers, AI scrapers and legitimate users apart any more.
When I try to share this page on iMessage it unfurls the link as "LLM / AI Standard Test Page" so I guess I won't share it!
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https://www.idownloadblog.com/2024/03/15/how-to-send-links-w...
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What makes a VPN user inherently “illegitimate” in your view?
The problem is the whack-a-mole game with hackers and script kiddies. It used to be the case that banning known colo ASNs was enough to get rid of nuisance by STROs, then there was a flood of hacked routers being used for DDoS that was really annoying to get rid of, and then came "residential IP" VPNs and commercial VPNs, both of which get routinely abused by AI scrapers and frankly, the AI scrapers are a worse enemy…
Blocking Apple iCloud privacy is pretty extreme.
It’s basically “give me your IP address before you can continue so we can better data mine you”
Access seems pretty strict —— 403 Forbidden You are unable to access this site. Sorry, you are not allowed to access tcrf.net right now. If you are using a VPN, try disabling it first. We block many VPNs because of abuse. If that does not work, the block may be due to one of the following reasons: You are connecting using a network we have blocked. Your connection is still using a VPN or proxy (incl. Apple Private Wi…
Only four comments are about the content of the article, and none of them really go into depth.
This has been at the top of HN all day. If people can't see it, what gives?
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What makes a VPN user inherently “illegitimate” in your view?
The problem is the whack-a-mole game with hackers and script kiddies. It used to be the case that banning known colo ASNs was enough to get rid of nuisance by STROs, then there was a flood of hacked routers being used for DDoS that was really annoying to get rid of, and then came "residential IP" VPNs and commercial VPNs, both of which get routinely abused by AI scrapers and frankly, the AI scrapers are a worse enemy…
Or I guess you can just DENY ALL.
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It’s basically “give me your IP address before you can continue so we can better data mine you”
Yeah, the community run TCRF wiki is banning VPNs just so they can mine your data along with the luxurious $400/mo they're getting from Patreon. And not because they're constantly being besieged by rampant bots that they have to resort to such drastic measures.
What bots are using Apple Private Relay?