[tor-talk] Yelp blocking Tor users from viewing entire site

Seth list at sysfu.com
Tue Jan 20 20:19:30 UTC 2015


On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:16:43 -0800, Greg Norcie <gnorcie at umail.iu.edu>  
wrote:

> So today I noticed Yelp appears to be blocking Tor.
>
> I tried using multiple identities, but get a 503 error every time.
>
> Anyone else have this issue?
>
> This seems really overbroad... I could understand the argument against  
> letting a Tor user post reviews, but to disallow simple browsing seems  
> like overkill.

This has been an issue for a long time, they're blocking Tor at the load  
balancer.

More info here:  
https://plus.google.com/103112149634414554669/posts/CccvGwGdpmS


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