Google, IIRC, does not let you search from TOR either. If they can't track you, you're no good to them.
That's not true. It redirects to https://encrypted.google.com/ and works just fine.
Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
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#12news.ycombinator does this too.
edit: at least for me, it's impossible to log in to HN and when I occasionally succesfully log im, everything I post while being on Tor is instantly dead.
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#13Google, IIRC, does not let you search from TOR either. If they can't track you, you're no good to them.
I've certainly used Google with Tor.
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#14kind of pointless using Tor to access a site that has all your personal information on it.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#15Has anybody tried asking Facebook why they've done this? Possible reasons: 1. One or more governments (which ones?) have told Facebook to block Tor or else. (Or else what?) 2. A manual security review revealed more hacking attempts via Tor than legitimate use, so Facebook decided to block Tor. 3. After a sustained hacking attack via Tor, an automated Facebook security system automatically blocked Facebook access from…
The article simply states the issue. Its not up to the writer to come up with excuses for facebook, which if you are really hot on bad journalists you would rightly write off a mere speculation. Its up to facebook to explain their position. If their excuse turns out to be a reasonable reason, then lets hear it.
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#16news.ycombinator does this too. edit: at least for me, it's impossible to log in to HN and when I occasionally succesfully log im, everything I post while being on Tor is instantly dead.
typing news.ycombinator.com seems to work in the latest tor browser. maybe news.ycombinator.com/news works if the former doesn't.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#17news.ycombinator does this too. edit: at least for me, it's impossible to log in to HN and when I occasionally succesfully log im, everything I post while being on Tor is instantly dead.
Not for me, I can login fine.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#18It's probably a government request. But let's give them benefit of doubt. My guess is that there's a business reason behind it. Probably they want to track you.
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#19Google, IIRC, does not let you search from TOR either. If they can't track you, you're no good to them.
That's not true. It redirects to https://encrypted.google.com/ and works just fine.
True, sorta.
In my past experiences, if you're on tor (or proxy'd through a known portal), and have Javascript disabled entirely, Google will sometimes (not always) give you an error stating that your IP is a known abuser. If you DO have JS enabled, I have encountered the "Your IP is known to be abusive, so type in this captcha in order to continue" and then it forwards to encrypted.google.com.
I get similiar behaviour with VPNs & Google.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#20Has anybody tried asking Facebook why they've done this? Possible reasons: 1. One or more governments (which ones?) have told Facebook to block Tor or else. (Or else what?) 2. A manual security review revealed more hacking attempts via Tor than legitimate use, so Facebook decided to block Tor. 3. After a sustained hacking attack via Tor, an automated Facebook security system automatically blocked Facebook access from…
Option 2 or 3 seem pretty likely. I'm pretty sure wikipedia blocks edits from Tor IPs because a huge number of them are malicious.