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bob sterman wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am Seems to be a lot more blocking by ISPs going on.

monkey wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:51 pm VPNs are good for that sort of thing, but you shouldn't use hola, you don't know what your computer might end up doing - clicky

monkey wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:27 pm That's the trouble. It seems that the only ones you can trust are some of the ones you have to pay for. (I stopped using them all when the BBC got better at detecting them)

monkey wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:27 pm That's the trouble. It seems that the only ones you can trust are some of the ones you have to pay for. (I stopped using them all when the BBC got better at detecting them)

science_fox wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:20 am

monkey wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:27 pm That's the trouble. It seems that the only ones you can trust are some of the ones you have to pay for. (I stopped using them all when the BBC got better at detecting them)

TOR browser? of is that something different again?

sideshowjim wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:17 am I've got a friend who says they've had no problems getting to it through Google, via BT internet.

sTeamTraen wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:09 pm

monkey wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:27 pm That's the trouble. It seems that the only ones you can trust are some of the ones you have to pay for. (I stopped using them all when the BBC got better at detecting them)

Just seen this. For watching BBC, ITV, C4 outside the UK I use SmartDNSProxy, which is lighter (no software to install; only the request for the programme is redirected, not the content; and cheaper than any of the non-free VPNs), and seems never to get blocked, perhaps because it's less well-known.

I still pay for a VPN because it's useful for other stuff (unblocking US newspapers, Sci-Hub when I'm in France, watching BBC outside my home WiFi, and one time visiting the web site of a bad scientist who I didn't want tracking me), but SmartDNSProxy.com really is the way to go for reliable and cheap UK TV watching.

monkey wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:52 am

sTeamTraen wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:09 pm Just seen this. For watching BBC, ITV, C4 outside the UK I use SmartDNSProxy, which is lighter (no software to install; only the request for the programme is redirected, not the content; and cheaper than any of the non-free VPNs), and seems never to get blocked, perhaps because it's less well-known.

Thanks. Might give it a go. To be honest though, I haven't missed it that much!

bob sterman wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:02 pm

sideshowjim wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:17 am I've got a friend who says they've had no problems getting to it through Google, via BT internet.

Yes - the friend who told me about the original problem says he is not getting the block page anymore. Was previously getting a ISP block page saying it had been blocked due to a court order.

Woodchopper wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 11:43 am I have found that googling: scihub link

Gets me a link to sci hub that works.

Send me a dm with a doi if there is anything anyone seriously needs.

Woodchopper wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 11:44 am

Woodchopper wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 11:43 am I have found that googling: scihub link

Gets me a link to sci hub that works.

Send me a dm with a doi if there is anything anyone seriously needs.

Scratch that. Just tried it and it isn't working.

I'm going to publish 2,337,229 new articles to celebrate the date. They will be available on the website in a few hours (how about the lawsuit in India you may ask: our lawyers say that restriction is expired already)