VPN access only?

[Curiousminds]

Hiya I recently found I can't access the website unless using a VPN which is annoying.
Anyone else with this issue? Based in nz

Thanks

 

[tricksandturns]

Change your IPV4 DNS settings so you're using CloudFlare (1.1.1.1).

Fun fact, it's the only way to access whole chunks of the web in a lot of countries.

 

[kennyt]

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yeah i have the same issue. or i can do it on phone with wifi off.

 

[jperry]

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Some shitstain @ Telecom has blocked the domain. It will work everywhere non-Telecom based.

5G

A question for admin. Why can't I access the site using 5G?

sexforum.co.nz

The owner of the site should really complain to Telecom about this, it's probably just some random shithead at Telecom who took it upon himself/herself to do it without running it by any of their bosses.

Alternatively, if you're a Telecom/'Spark' customer, you should complain to them (you probably should also change mobile/broadband providers because you're getting ripped off).

 

[Johnnymac]

Yeah, seems like there is someone, with executive authority at Telcom, who is straight out of the Bible Belt.

Subscribers should take their business elsewhere, and leave a parting explanation.

 

[Teddy]

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You probably can't access the site to read anything now which VPN are you using, I went through a few that were really difficult to use and access the site until I got told to use Proton VPN free version, I have no access problems with it and I'm through spark arseholes for data

 

[SexForum]

Yes some users have been experiencing this issue. VPN is the way.

 

[Yellow.Skies]

But can you still access "The Hub"?

 

[Covid20]

Not the rapist it guy?

 

[Curiousminds]

Thanks guys yea I use Proton VPN just for this site atm lol.
I'm with 2 degree for home wifi and spark in mobile still can't access from both without VPN.
Appreciate the Indpeth replies will look up cloud flare also. Never heard of it cheers!

 

[jperry]

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It's not like Telecom blocks NZG, the Adult Forum, or any number of other sites which allow

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about women than one would see on the most brutal review on this website. I wouldn't be surprised if it was simply one fuckwit in their network team.

If I was with Telecom for anything personal I'd just make a complaint to their support team.. just not quite senior enough to complain about my work phone not being able to get to the prossie review forum.

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As far as VPNs go:

• Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 app will get you round this petty shit some cunt at Telecom is doing. By far the simplest way to address this problem (if you mess around with DNS settings on your phone/wireless and you aren't a nerd, you might manage to make it difficult for yourself to connect to the internet on public internet connections at airports and shit that make you log in). Available on iPhone/Android/Windows/prob Mac OS X/and of course Linux
• If you want to have some degree of real privacy in how your internet traffic goes out to the world (which won't help you much if you're still logged on to Google and Facebook everywhere), you want Mullvad or ProtonVPN. Proton has a free option, haven't used the free option that widely. Either paid option is fairly cheap.
• The VPNs that you see widely advertised on YouTube, like CyberGhost, PIA, ExpressVPN, etc, are run by pedophiles with dodgy criminal and intelligence connections and should just be avoided at all cost.

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Yeah Spark is definitely fucked. Interesting that you're having the problem with 2degrees as well. They share a lot of cell infrastructure with Telecom, so (especially if you're on their cellular broadband) I wouldn't be surprised if they were also piggybacking off their DNS servers too. It would be interesting to see what sort of output running:

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in a command prompt gets on your 2degrees connection w/o being connected to a VPN (redacting any usernames of course).

 

[JohnnyPunter]

So I noticed the whole blacklist/shadow ban thing happened right after the whole "******* sex" debacle. Where someone posted a review about an escort offering ******* unprotected sex and couple other guys went and got it and talked about it on the forum. It was discussed on Reddit. The admin also had communications from the Police. But SF has since taken reasonable actions to prohibit promoting illegal services.

I am certain the NZPC or AdultForum used the incident to make a complaint to the NZ internet censory body or directly to the Internet providers who then blacklisted the site. The Admin should really contest it as they are losing potential traffic and ad revenue.

We never had to use a VPN before that whole ******* sex incident. I remember after it got blacklisted I thought I had been banned. Then I thought the Forum had just been taken down. Then I realised it was just blocked the whole time and could be accessed with a VPN