| #4. |
| Published: 2024-09-16 [Mon] 02:32, by |
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Thank you. I use an ordinary paid VPN that gets blocked by the filter. The filter that Gikopoi uses seems extremely aggressive, far more so than most of the rest of the web. Not even e-commerce or online banking sites block it ^^; I can only speak for myself, but I don't really want random website owners/moderators knowing my precise IRL location - especially on the imageboard/anonymous BBS-adjacent side of the web, where websites are often ran/moderated by less-than-stable individuals (and I say that as someone who runs/moderates those types of sites myself XD) It may be possible on the VPN to whitelist sites on a site-by-site basis (I've never tried and not particularly willing), but I'd never disable it entirely because I browse/use more than 1 website/service at once (ZOMG TABS) |
| #1. Disable Gikopoi Firewall? |
| Published: 2024-09-13 [Fri] 15:36, by |
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Should I disable the Gikopoi firewall that keeps out (primarily) Tor users? A lot of people have complained about this over the years; largely I've felt that if people want to use Gikopoi, there should be no problem in using their normal IP address and that there is no good reason for using Tor -- no countries block gikopoi.com and information is already encrypted via HTTPS if people are concerned about roommates or government spying on them. However, at the same time I acknowledge that there may be interesting (yet mentally ill) people who will only use Tor or whatever sketchy VPNs the firewall blocks that are not necessarily pedophiles/spammers. If this experiment goes wrong, it only takes 2 seconds to turn the firewall back on. So, I open this question up to the audience. |