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   HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Oct-2023 20:29:06 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

   I am trying to do an image search on Google.

   I have a VPN activated.

   Google seems to block me doing so.

   Can anyone corroborate this?

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Oct-2023 23:38:39 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @Dave_von_S

     Using an app...external, I guess?

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     ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ (dave_von_s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 07-Oct-2023 23:38:40 JST ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ

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     @HistoPol public VPN or private VPN?
     Public VPN often gets blocked due to others abusing the service (eg by massively searching for google dorks)

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 00:31:35 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @Dave_von_S

     Yes, but I've never seen this happening on a Google site.

     Maybe massive screenscrapping by AI going on, hm?

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     ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ (dave_von_s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 00:31:36 JST ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ

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     @HistoPol yeah, sounds like that those IP ranges get blocked due to abuse

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 02:56:22 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @Dave_von_S

     Thanks.

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     ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ (dave_von_s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 02:56:24 JST ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ

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     @HistoPol I’ve often seen it happening with free/public VPN and ssh servers. Often it’s temporary, so it’s unpredictable. AI can definitely be a cause. Also the types of requests you’re doing might trigger this and the list of ‘bad things’ frequently changes (depending on what the rest of the world does).