Feedback Can't use Tor proxy with the site?
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Too many spam bots and ban evaders
I think that is to be used by the site maintainers ??? I just added an exception in my browser proxy, for now!
This is a privacy concern to me!
it would take a lot probably to get banned like being a bigoted idiot or spamming the forums with bs. haha
hi, quick feedback:
i have been using tor as my main browser for some years now. because i can, i dont feel like arguing about that here and now
i have had about maybe one or two ip address banned pages in years, until some months ago, i didnt note when exactly but maybe around the start of the year? since then, browsing gbatemp on tor is just hitting the "change identity" button a lot of times because a lot of times it would spit the ip banned page. im talking about maybe having to reload a thread 10 times to see it.
at some point like, last week maybe? idk, i got the first ever "you are banned" on the gbatemp "home", the main page, not any thread or anything, just the main page. that made me feel "oh no" about the whole thing. then i think it was yesterday, the page was down for a bit on manteinance and since then i havent experienced a single ip banned page, so maybe they touched something that had to do with that
gbatemp is legit the last thing i still have an account on in the whole web, other than a few things that have web clients as an extra thing. but if they make it unusable with tor, i guess it was a good run. it looks like its solved for me now tho, and i hope it keeps like that
i've been meaning to make a thread about this for months but then i didnt. life, yknow. and also at some point i got semiscared that if i were to log in and then after logging in the page identifies me as a bad ip, it would ban me
maybe the autoban thing would benefit from a little more "not so strict rules" or whatever, if anything, do it for the kiddos that try to browse this page on their schools and are not familiar with vpn to skip network blocks lol
i have been using tor as my main browser for some years now. because i can, i dont feel like arguing about that here and now
i have had about maybe one or two ip address banned pages in years, until some months ago, i didnt note when exactly but maybe around the start of the year? since then, browsing gbatemp on tor is just hitting the "change identity" button a lot of times because a lot of times it would spit the ip banned page. im talking about maybe having to reload a thread 10 times to see it.
at some point like, last week maybe? idk, i got the first ever "you are banned" on the gbatemp "home", the main page, not any thread or anything, just the main page. that made me feel "oh no" about the whole thing. then i think it was yesterday, the page was down for a bit on manteinance and since then i havent experienced a single ip banned page, so maybe they touched something that had to do with that
gbatemp is legit the last thing i still have an account on in the whole web, other than a few things that have web clients as an extra thing. but if they make it unusable with tor, i guess it was a good run. it looks like its solved for me now tho, and i hope it keeps like that
i've been meaning to make a thread about this for months but then i didnt. life, yknow. and also at some point i got semiscared that if i were to log in and then after logging in the page identifies me as a bad ip, it would ban me
maybe the autoban thing would benefit from a little more "not so strict rules" or whatever, if anything, do it for the kiddos that try to browse this page on their schools and are not familiar with vpn to skip network blocks lol
Basically people were abusing it, and over time alot of tor addresses were banned. I have no control over that aspect of the site as far as ip bans and proxy detection and such, thus the problem with free solutions like tor.
If you are really concerned about privacy, maybe consider investing in a vpn, theres plenty of cheaper ones out there, I use PIA myself ( though the real cheap bottom of the barrel ones have reliability problems and questionable data retention rules ) . Don't know how someone uses a tor 24/7, speeds were god awful whenever I tried that, that is what forced my hand to buy a VPN sub.
If you are really concerned about privacy, maybe consider investing in a vpn, theres plenty of cheaper ones out there, I use PIA myself ( though the real cheap bottom of the barrel ones have reliability problems and questionable data retention rules ) . Don't know how someone uses a tor 24/7, speeds were god awful whenever I tried that, that is what forced my hand to buy a VPN sub.
Yeah, I use ProtonVPN (free too) sometimes, but I have to login everytime. Not sure I can automate the process of the login. Have to verify that so that I don't have to perform the login every time I go online or every time the VPN connection goes down or something like that!
I think I know what you mean. They are for anonymity instead, right?
But using Tor and/or VPN should cover most concerns. Along with some other procedures like cookie blockers, tracking blockers, script blockers, etc, and a few other procedures will also help.
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I have no problems with using a VPN on this website. But just remember that sometimes you would get a message stating that your IP got blocked, this is because you are rate-limited to either the following:
1.) Performing too many requests on the server.
2.) To refrain automated spam from being posted on the forums.
1.) Performing too many requests on the server.
2.) To refrain automated spam from being posted on the forums.
I don't have a vpn, but I do use usenet for most of my download needs. I've never gotten an isp warning for downloading something I shouldn't. that is a paid service. in fact, I paid for another year today actually. $47/year, when it's normally $96 with over 4,000 days of retention. that $47 is from a black Friday sale a few years ago, and it's that price for life now. 
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I've never got ISP warnings from downloading something that I shouldn't. Terms and conditions all depend on what ISP you are using, some do file DMCA letters.I don't have a vpn, but I do use usenet for most of my download needs. I've never gotten an isp warning for downloading something I shouldn't. that is a paid service. in fact, I paid for another year today actually. $47/year, when it's normally $96 with over 4,000 days of retention. that $47 is from a black Friday sale a few years ago, and it's that price for life now.
well, I know mine does, because I used to get them when using torrents. I just find usenet better, since what I'm using now is sonarr, which downloads, sorts, renames, and checks anything I download. it scans ever 15 minutes, like an rss feed, without any input from me, then does all that. I don't really download games anymore, so it's mostly tv shows from streaming services. usenet providers can block stuff that are DMCA, but typically, within 15 minutes is more than enough time to download what you want.
I got 2 DMCA letters, and they were from watching The Cobbler movie and downloading a torrent of FF8 PS1 ISOs. If I get a 3rd DMCA letter, Comcast will kick me off their platform, so I bought a VPN from PIA. Now I torrent whatever I want without hassle.
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Nice that you got a VPN in the end of it all.
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Surprise it took you the third notices to get a vpn, then again it is funny you get a notice just from watching.
Ill only torrent from the internet archive, usually i just grab roms from my prefered sites. (You may just want to delete the torrent after you download it for safey reasons)
However i do torrent some Anime because fuck crunchyroll. Ill rather pay a subscription to winrar than a site that blocks you from rewinding back to 0 secs
radarr works with movies, but I never installed it, because setting up movies might be a waste of time, since there's usually not that many for any franchise. I just look up movies with nzb hydra 2, which is linked to two sites that I'm a member of via your api key, so it can search both at the same time for anything matching the movie you want.
btw, I believe at least sonarr can work with torrent sites, but you probably won't be protected. with usenet, you're not connected to anyone. I've used it since I was in college, when my college received over 10,000 illegal download warnings, in which you could be cut off after three strikes (they sent a mass email). I just used usenet without a care in the world. that's actually how I met the asshole Gregory Rasputin, so I knew him before the ps3 scene. he was using a different name though.
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btw, I believe at least sonarr can work with torrent sites, but you probably won't be protected. with usenet, you're not connected to anyone. I've used it since I was in college, when my college received over 10,000 illegal download warnings, in which you could be cut off after three strikes (they sent a mass email). I just used usenet without a care in the world.
that's actually how I met the asshole Gregory Rasputin, so I knew him before the ps3 scene. he was using a different name though.
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I don't recommend torrenting from IA as the download speed can be very slow. I'd just download the files seperately using "JDownloader".
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