In the last week or 2 - well after TBB 9.0.9 release, StartPage quite often shows "sorry to interrupt" page, asking if you're doing weird things. Has a place to send comments, explanation. An excerpt (emphasis mine):
Just Checking... We apologize for the inconvenience: to prevent possible abuse of the Startpage.com service, your Internet connection has been prevented from accessing it at this time. This happens when a *large number* of search requests are received from one's Internet connection in a *short amount of time* -- for example, if you are using "screen-scraping" software, or if you are sharing a connection with many people, perhaps through a proxy service.
It's not tied to exit nodes in certain countries, AFAIK. As with youtube, quickly trying new circuits 5+ times has mixed results. I imagine they've recently had bad experiences or changed policies. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
