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Website Blocking Issues

Users report the discussed website being blocked by corporate firewalls, ISPs, ad blockers, security software, and regional restrictions, with some noting it works in certain locations or suggesting VPN/Tor workarounds.

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Sample Comments

neokya • May 17, 2012 • View on HN

Damn. It is blocked in certain ISP only. Everything is working on my network

dlgeek • Dec 16, 2019 • View on HN

Looks like that's blocked now.

dale386 • May 31, 2013 • View on HN

This website was blocked by my company's firewall as "suspicious."

Tarsul • May 21, 2021 • View on HN

huh, this site is blocked by our IT. Weird.

ggeorgovassilis • Feb 10, 2023 • View on HN

Corporate firewall blocks this for policy violation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

yurish • Mar 6, 2023 • View on HN

It is not blocked for me. I am in Russia.

devbent • Mar 27, 2024 • View on HN

That website is so sus my browser (chrome android) and my ISP blocked it...

lallysingh • May 11, 2018 • View on HN

Looks like it's blocked for everyone now

carbocation • Jul 15, 2010 • View on HN

Yep, this got blocked by my work ISP.

zhte415 • Jul 2, 2016 • View on HN

Blocked by the host website.Reason: Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons