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Lemmy and VPN - no posting allowed (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by patruelis@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I have VPN turned on on my phone all the time.

To be able to post anything, including to comment, I need to turn off the VPN. To be honest, I'm quite conflicted by this.

Any reason why this is or what to do about it besides turning off the VPN?

I'm using Voyager as a client.

Edit: it seems like the instance is the issue. Moving here from Reddit it's not as simple as j would have thought. Also, VPNs are essential, no VPN is no go for me.

Case closed.

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[-] PerfectDark@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I just use a VPN server from my own country, which is annoying.

Then switch back to elsewhere when I'm not here.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

But what for? ISP tracking? If it's because of a built-in adblocker, there are apps that do this locally via a local-only vpn.

this post was submitted on 26 May 2026

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