"Access blocked. We detected unusual activity from your device or network. "
Apparently a gift link still doesn't save us from the Goodhart's law inspired blocking.
Also you've just got to love the gall of the Orwellian doublespeak calling their inability to nonconsensually probe my device or network "unusual activity".
https://archive.is/mFd96 . At least archive.is lets you actually read the article after several rounds of captcha-hassling.
davidklemke•8mo ago
The gift link worked for me, without any other issues but I'm not on my VPN currently. When I am though I get those kinds of issues everywhere, even with endpoints that you'd figure wouldn't be well used. Not sure if that's your issue though, but it's definitely caught me out in the past.
acheong08•8mo ago
Personal anecdote but the reason there's so much money laundering done by the Chinese is due to how difficult it is to legally convert from CNY to USD. The government has a ton of limits in place to limit outflows. People that work in China with families outside almost always have to resort to going through money laundering services that take Yuan and send you other currencies through front shops inconspicuously named like "Yao Repair Shop" or "Lim Tyre Company".
alephnerd•8mo ago
This is pointed out in the article as well, and +1 on that anecdote.
The $50K limit really incentivized a lot of bad behavior, and turbocharged the shadow banking that itself played a role in the growth slowdown in China.
stevenwoo•8mo ago
They used the drug sniffing dog alert to seize money - I thought all US money that is not new is contaminated with drugs - that just seems ripe for abuse, even though these individuals seem guilty as heck, local police have a history of abusing forfeiture.
more_corn•8mo ago
It’s weird that they seem to be doing this in the open.
impish9208•8mo ago
mindslight•8mo ago
Apparently a gift link still doesn't save us from the Goodhart's law inspired blocking.
Also you've just got to love the gall of the Orwellian doublespeak calling their inability to nonconsensually probe my device or network "unusual activity".
https://archive.is/mFd96 . At least archive.is lets you actually read the article after several rounds of captcha-hassling.
davidklemke•8mo ago