The whole point of me getting a VPN was to bypass the blocking of torrent sites.

I'm currently using PIA and am usually connected to the internet via their local servers ( either in Australia or New Zealand).

I'm suddenly having difficulty connecting to some of the more prominent torrent sites/hosts.

Although I manage to perform the security verification on (say) ext.to I'll encounter a 'Web server is returning an unknown host error' message.

Error code 520

If I connect to a Hong Kong server, though, I don't encounter this error and manage to get through. I initially thought both sites were down but it is as if some local VPN blocking might be now going on.

Is that likely or possible?

I'm curious to know what kind of hoops people have to jump through to verify their age to watch porn?

I mean, how is age verified without identity verification and/or risk of privacy breaches? Do phones or emails get notifications or alerts? Do you have to do it each and every time et al?

I supposed I'm puzzled as to why anyone would risk watching porn if an app or entity is out there 'verifying' something, and (presumably) these things can be exploited or hacked.

I'm also assuming (hoping) that there are some hackers out there who are working on a workaround or add on.

thanks

Please share your observations, experiences and/or concerns.

I come from a land downunder, and many people are up in arms about everyone having to verify their age and/or id in order to watch (say) pron.

Given the collective desire for privacy and security, most are not willing to upload their personal details to a porn site (or a company affiliated with one) and are opting to subscribe to a VPN instead. Alternatively, they - ok, we - are looking for a browser add-on that automates (or falsifies) the process.

Does anyone know which countries do not require age verification or of apps et al that circumvent the process? I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the latter is made available if it isn't already.

thanks

I have had to migrate from Transmission to BiglyBT because the former has become increasingly unreliable and/or unstable.

Although I'm very happy with Bigly, I'm surprised by how (relatively) cumbersome it is.

Instead of (say) instantly loading the torrent link or file (like every other torrent app) an 'operation in progress' box appears and takes a while to load or connect to the torrent. It's not just the distended operation though - you're required to stay within the app until it connects.

If you try to (say) browse online or use another app like Word, the 'operation' actively prevents you from doing this or will automatically return you to Bigly until the initial operation is complete.

And then, of course, shutting down the app seems to be a whole production too. Instead of just immediately quitting like every other app, you'll get another 'operation in progress' box appear as it shuts down and quitting the app can take a while too (up to 20 seconds).

Is there anyway of turning off this box hijacking or letting these distinct operations occur behind the scenes instead?

thanks

Up until recently I was relying on something called Trakt but it has become increasingly unreliable or erratic - it just seems to randomly rearrange the order of its older movie releases now

https://app.trakt.tv/users/giladg/lists/latest-releases?ref=trakt-og-autoredirect

What are the best alternative new releases sites please?

I was hoping to listen to a one hour weekly show on digital radio station DI.FM https://www.di.fm/

It's an electronic based radio station that used to be free but has since started charging (in my view) a high monthly fee.

Does anybody know if it's possible to bypass the fee requirement via (say) an app or ext?

thanks

If so, which one works or did your account get banned?

I've included a link for an app but it appears to be a couple of years old now and might not work.

Does anybody else get this message when trying to access articles?

I've updated bypass paywall and it's made no difference. I've also disabled my vpn and emptied my cache to little avail.

How do we get around this new problem please?

thanks

Although my version of Bypass hasn't been updated for over a year, it has been working fine.

But my latest attempt to read the New York Times indicates that it has been detected and/or blocked.

When I try to update it via https://gitflic.ru/ I can't seem to manually update it either. Firefox says the file is corrupt when I drag it into the browser or update (add) file via settings.

I'm assuming it's because it's a zip file but when I unzip the folder there are no files in there that firefox recognises for me to add (only a changelog, licence and readme).

Can someone please clarify - for me and anyone else likely to encounter similar issues in the future - what I might be doing wrong.

thank you!