Bit of an uphill fight with captchas everywhere. Do people here conduct all online activity over VPN whenever possible? Only for the sensitive stuff? Or perhaps the inverse because the bank already knows you? Maybe when travelling or getting around region blocking? Something else?

The one provided by my work aside, I realized that I don’t have any consistent rules around using VPN. Except sometimes, you know, when downloading ISO’s for my favorite distos.

  • Da Oeuf@slrpnk.net
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    13 days ago

    Mine is on pretty much all the time. Capchas are indeed annoying, but I’m choosing to see that as something which helps me to be more intentional about my use of the internet.

    My bank and government portal don’t seem to care about it, even if my traffic is coming from a random country on the other side of the world because I’ve forgotten to route through one of my VPN’s domestic servers. Online freelancing platforms, on the other hand, have instantly banned my accounts, and I’ve had problems with corporate social media (which I try and use for my business).

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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      12 days ago

      Whats this with vpns using capatchas?

      My client device having the right encryption key is the authenticator for me.

      • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Most sites can tell if you’re using a VPN. It depends on the site, but this can cause sites to treat your visit as suspicious and throw up their defenses. This includes use of CAPTCHA. Some sites (e.g. Reddit) don’t work at all if your traffic exits from a known VPN.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Pretty much always. If someone blocks my VPN, I just don’t go there or don’t use that. Sucks but it is what it is. I’m just not willing to enter your site bareback.

  • Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    I have a VPN configured at the router. I use a PI-hole with a lot of restrictions and lists to run my own DNS and downstream DNS is Adgaurd. Several machines I let bypass the VPN umbrella and they have local clients they can switch on at will. I’d like to make a Linux firewall too but not with prices where they are now. These days you have to distrust everything.

  • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    98% of the time. I hate having to turn it off to look at my local grocery store’s website but I have done it before.

  • manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
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    13 days ago

    I use a VPN 99% of the time, i turn it off when i need to access archive.org, or watch something on the public braordcasters streaming platform

    yeah sure the captchas are annoying but it’s not like websites load within 10 seconds anymore

    I only wish protonVPN was a good as the one i used previously, but i cancelled it cause it had ties to israel

  • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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    13 days ago

    I leave mine on almost all the time. If a website takes a little longer to load “Oh no” its a half second instead of milliseconds. it really doesn’t change my life much.

  • realbadat@programming.dev
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    13 days ago

    General activity goes out the VPN always. My self hosted setup, lab stuff, and work stuff gets different connections out (logically, not physically).