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New anti-VPN measures at BBC (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Today, for the first time, I couldn't use iplayer. As usual, I switched country to UK, cleared browsing data, deleted everything from temp app data file before going there. Was using Firefox. Tried same procedure with Epic browser. Same result. Chatted with Nord support. They wanted screenshots of results from dnsleaktest dot com. Tech said wait while they checked it out. After a little while, chat terminated. Created a ticket via email.

Have BBC finally made themselves bullet-proof?

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[-] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

mulvad is here to help. unless your already using mulvad and bbc blocked their ips.

https://tailscale.com/mullvad/

[-] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

No, I have Nord. At the time I subscribed, I hadn't discovered all the wondrous things on Sail the High Seas or FMHY. Nord looked like my best bet judging by search engine results.

I just tried Tailscale. Downloaded & installed, then nothing. Task Manager told me their GUI was running, but I didn't see it. Repaired (via uninstall) & tried again. Same. Uninstalled & reinstalled. Same. Tried running as admin, just in case. Same. I'll try again another time.

[-] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

nord is a double edge sword w/ all their advertising. more customers but more government notice. iplayer may have borked nords ips or nord might just be fuckin up. doesn't seem like you need tailscale, seems like you need a different vpn to test with. mulvad is an easy recommendation, but i recommend shopping around and finding somebody you can conceivably trust. because when you route your internet through them you should probably personally vet past their ads.