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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This sounds amazing. I wish Lemmy CA didn't block image loading over VPNs so I could see it.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why and how would Lemmy know that you're using a VPN, and why would block only specifically images? That doesn't make sense to me.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The lemmy.ca server blocks some VPN endpoints.

example

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's not VPN endpoints we block, it's some ASN's that we've seen excessive amounts of abusive traffic from. Primarily that's isps in China, but I also added Zenlayer a while ago (which is the hosting provider your vpn endpoint was on).

I've removed them from the ban list, you should be good now. They might get readded if we see a flood of abuse from them though.

I just happened to see your comment, anyone can feel free to dm me if they have issues.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 1 week ago

Neat. Thank you!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don’t images load from your own instance?

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Thumbnails do, not the actual image generally.