Advice for internet surfers

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[blueplum]

For news, I go to realclearpolitics.com FreeRepublic

Fixed it

[Chickensoup]

I love brave but I am having an out of control scrolling problem. Have you run into it?

[Chickensoup]

I use it on Win 7. I have a scrolling problem. But so do other platforms.

[RightField]

Following

[Chickensoup]

I sometimes use the Dogpile meta to punch up poor searches.

Google searches have turned into a joke.

I used to be able to search my own posts on FR. Fr gets perhaps a page now.

[steve86]

The creators and current owners are two very different entities.

[lysie]

for later

[poconopundit]

I seriously question whether there isn’t some backhand deal these engines have with Google.

The internet kings are notorious for cooperating with each other.

[georgiabelle]

BTTT

[saminfl]

I’ve been using IE for years. I can never figure out how to transfer all my favorites to a new browser.

[2111USMC]

I sometimes use Opera. It has a free built-in VPN.

[Pollard]

haa

I have VPN but FR blocks me when I use it.

I can look at the main pages but not individual posts and definitely can’t post articles myself when on it. I get a 503 error.

[Pollard]

do you use PIA here on FR?

I can never get to individual posts. I get a 503 error.

[upchuck]

do you use PIA here on FR?

I can never get to individual posts. I get a 503 error.

I had the same problem when I started using PIA. I sent JohnRob a FReepmail about this and he responded, "We might be throttling some VPN providers due to attacks."

I pick PIA IP addresses that don't give a 503 error. Right now I'm using US Houston, 205.251.151.26. I've also had good luck with US Atlanta, US East, US Midwest and some others. Pretty much try it and see.

[Pollard]

Thanks

I think mine usually went for Texas.

[beef]

“I have VPN but FR blocks me when I use it.”

Do you have problems anywhere else? Sometimes I get blocked by Google and others and have to “decloak” in order to use it. Amazon usually makes me enter a code they email me. I think it depends upon how much abuse, spam, hacking activity, etc., is coming from that network. I would freepmail the admins and see what’s up. There is a small price of inconvenience to be paid for security and anonymity.

[beef]

PIA is very good. They actually have been dragged into court where they testified that they keep no records except your email address and when your last payment was.

[RandallFlagg]

Same here.
Bookmarking.

[beef]

That is really strange. I have used PIA for years. I do not remember seeing a 503 error. If I ever did, it went away immediately. I usually use US East and Atlanta. BTW, I am on PIA even as I write this. Very odd.

[beef]

Google has taken to looking at your search terms and deciding what you really want is something else. All I can think of is that I use search terms that, based on my 40 years in the software business, will give results using a simple text comparison, but in fact AI analyses the terms as though I said them to another human and comes up with different criteria. Another possibility is that they dork up the results until you log in. Maybe someone with a google account can speak to that. Anyway, DDG is working well for me and I avoid google whenever I can.