[tor-talk] U-tube new-er denial criteria?

bo0od bo0od at riseup.net
Thu Nov 12 21:35:03 UTC 2020


- Complain to google which owns youtube and tell them to allow Tor 
traffic (because this is not Tor issue).

- Use one of the instance from Invidious project:(or build your own 
instance)

https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instances

- Not anonymity option (but i think watching youtube/google is already 
anonymity fuck due to Javascript): Use VPN (whether your own server or 
subscribing to a company). You can combine Tor with VPN as you -> Tor -> 
VPN. Again not anonymity option just circumvent the issue of Tor 
blockage done by youtube/google.

joebtfsplk at gmx.com:
> Quite recently, youtube has started showing more messages than in the
> past, similar to: "Uh-oh We detected some unusual activity from your
> address."  Once that happens, changing clearing all data, a new identity
> & changing exit relays to other countries & IPa's (3, 5 or 10x) rarely
> helps.
> 
> Sometimes it mentions "too many requests," but often not.  When it does,
> it has to be others assigned the same relay as me, also visiting youtube
> within a short period.
> 
> The "block" popups often show before I've looked at any or maybe one video.
> They aren't age restricted or possibly offensive vids.  I've rarely seen
> msgs: "Not available in your locale."
> 
> Seems this increased since last TBB update, more than I remember for
> years. That could be coincidence, but...
> 
> It doesn't seem to matter if I have exits in US, CA, DE, UK - or others.
> It's possible that exit relays from well behaved, but higher Tor use
> countries or faster, higher use relays are hurting me instead of
> helping?  Though I'm not selecting or excluding individual exits.
> 
> It's now sometimes happening after I close TBB completely, wait 10+
> min., then make sure my exits AREN'T from same countries as when they
> blocked me, by using custom torrc files.
> 


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