On 10/6/20 10:10 AM, d...@foundingdocuments.org wrote: > Not too long ago I used Tor Browser to visit a website and found I was > rejected completely. Not even a captcha. Clicking new circuit many times > didn’t help either. > > At least their site wasn’t just a stiff arm giving me the finger. It actually > had a note saying if I thought it was blocked in error to contact them. Of > course it had a tracking number and time stamp. > > So I sent them a screen shot of my browser window and this short note: > >> Your website blocks me from using it. Most likely your website is blocking >> EVERYONE who uses the Tor Browser. This is not good for business. It keeps >> me from getting the info I want. >> >> Respectfully, [my name] >> [State in USA] > > A day or two later I heard back. It was gracious enough but supposedly the > blocking was to protect customers (ahem, me) and themselves “from possible > illicit activity.” > > After a few days on the back burner, I wrote them back and asked: what was > illicit or illegal with me trying to learn their business hours. And I > provided a bunch of v2 & v3.onion addresses to some popular and well known > organizations to show there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with Tor. > > But since I considered it a possibility they don’t run their own website, and > that possibly those who do may be pocketing a slice of the cost for blocking > people like me, I also printed out my reply and took it to the store. Then I > would have a bit more confidence someone at the actual business would know > what happened. > > On my next trip to the store I talked with the person at the customer service > area, gave them my printout, and tried to explain how great Tor is. It was a > good conversation and since the guy was interested in computers we hit it > off, and he learned a few things. > > It wasn’t until a month or two later I used Tor Browser to look at their > website. I was very pleased they’d stopped blocking Tor exit nodes. And I’m > pleased to report they still don’t block Tor. >
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