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

Seth list at sysfu.com
Wed Jan 21 21:17:16 UTC 2015


On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:20:24 -0800, Dave Warren <davew at hireahit.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure that blocking Tor is the best approach, but it probably  
> makes sense from a user experience perspective since Tor nodes would  
> quickly get flagged for abuse if they weren't blocked outright.
>
> I am a bit mixed about whether reducing anonymity is a good thing or not  
> for a site that is ultimately centered around people interacting in  
> real-life.

Why can't a user connect to Yelp via Tor provided that they first
authenticate themselves with a Yelp account?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/ white-lists logged in users connecting via
Tor - why can't craigslist or yelp offer a similar feature?


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