Posted on 01/23/2024 11:20:32 AM PST by sunny bonobo
I belonged to a photography forum that has a section where members can discuss politics. About a 50/50 mix of right/left with the leftists being the usual hate filled, nasty, TDS sufferers.I loved getting the better of them with facts and logic. After one really personal, insult filled rant against me, my temper got the better of me and I responded in kind and me not him got banned. I tried rejoining under a new name and was barred. I deleted all my browsing history and cookies, but was still banned.Then I decided to try a VPN, but was still banned. Does anyone know how they are still tracking me?
Clean your cookies and cache.
firstly, you should ALWAYS be using a VPN to access the net, period. Is your email addy a custom domain? like @bobsACservice.com? it’s possible they banned any email from signing up from that domain.
Bottom line, is there is no simple way to be anonymous.
Express VPN works well. They should not be able to track you with that one.
When I remote in to work I have to turn it off because our company’s firewall sees someone logging in from Atlanta or Dallas (where I connect to Express) and disables my password.
So remember you need to turn it off if you remote to work.
use a different computer.
The MAC address should belong to the vpn, not you. You could run a vm on your pc with nothing but a lean browser (I like Brave). Don’t use the browser for anything else. Have a fresh email with a different domain. hange uour writing style, possibly by translating to Russian then French and back to English.
Or a tablet or phone
Your computer’s ID.
Try a different computer / phone / tablet......................
What is fingerprinting?I can't speak to the veracity of the claims above. I generally use Safari with occasional fallback to Brave, Firefox, and Chrome when I hit a problematic site.Fingerprinting is a type of online tracking that’s more invasive than ordinary cookie-based tracking. A digital fingerprint is created when a company makes a unique profile of you based on your computer hardware, software, add-ons, and even preferences. Your settings like the screen you use, the fonts installed on your computer, and even your choice of a web browser can all be used to create a fingerprint.
If you have a commonly used laptop, PC or smartphone, it may be harder to uniquely identify your device through fingerprinting. However, the more unique add-ons, fonts, and settings you have, the easier you’ll be likely to find. Companies can use this unique combination of information to create your fingerprint. That’s why Firefox blocks known fingerprinting, so you can still use your favorite extensions, themes and customization without being followed by ads.
Fingerprinting is bad for the web
The practice of fingerprinting allows you to be tracked for months, even when you clear your browser storage or use private browsing mode — disregarding clear indications from you that you don’t want to be tracked. Despite a near complete agreement between standards bodies and browser vendors that fingerprinting is harmful, its use on the web has steadily increased over the past decade.
Firefox blocks fingerprinting
The latest Firefox browser protects you against fingerprinting by blocking third-party requests to companies that are known to participate in fingerprinting. We’ve worked hard to enable this privacy protection while not breaking the websites you enjoy visiting. (Read more here, if you want the technical details.)
And it’s not a deep setting you need to dig around to find. In the latest Firefox browser, fingerprint blocking is the standard, default setting. Visit your privacy protections dashboard to see how you’re being tracked behind the scenes and how Firefox prevents it.
I've never run across a problem like yours, though. Good luck.
There are many ways. However one of the more common causes of your problem is that the VPN’s IP is also banned from a previous user.
If you have a laptop, try creating your new profile with a different email using a pad or phone. Do not log in on the laptop with the new login. They will match you with the banned MAC address.
Personally, I would wait a couple weeks and send a conciliatory message begging for forgiveness. They might cut you a break.
The lesson is that when you are visiting a hobby site, don’t talk politics. You screwed yourself out of being able to enhance your hobby.
A few possibilities:
(1) Whatever you used to clean out the cookies missed some. I use CCleaner and Cookienator. They’re very good at killing off cookies, even tough to find ones.
(2) Something else got injected into your browser settings. Have you tried another browser? I run two: one for personal/political and one for business. Maybe add a new browser or delete/reinstall your current one.
(3) Something got injected into your registry. You can use the Registry Editor and search/change, but THE REGISTRY IS NOT SAFE FOR AMATEURS TO MESS WITH. So be careful or have a friend who knows how to do this safely handle it.
(4) There are other possibilities but far less likely.
Don’t expect justice when liberals are involved
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To everyone: THIS!!!
Are you using a Mac or PC? My previous advice was for PCs. Only some of it may be applicable to Macs. Don’t really know -— I am far more familiar with PCs.
If you are trying to sign up as a new account, but with your old email address, then they are probably blocking you based on that email address.
firstly, you should ALWAYS be using a VPN to access the net, period. Is your email addy a custom domain? like @bobsACservice.com
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Thanks. I am using a VPN. No custom domain.
Thanks for the reply.
Thanks for the reply.
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