Ask HN: Is HN Blocking Mullvad VPN?

3•burger_moon•43m ago

I've noticed over the last ~week that if I try to navigate to HN without active logged in session that I am often blocked from resolving the site, instead seeing a "sorry" page.

Seems to be more a desktop issue than when I've tried to reproduce on my phone with the same VPN.

Is this a blanket VPN thing or something specific about Mullvad connection points?

Comments

mhitza•37m ago

I'm using mullvad without issues. Switch exit point, or send and email to the HN email address and you'll get a link you can use to manuallly unblock your current IP address you use. Maybe there's too many users with the same exit point.

kspetkov79•34m ago

Probably just a bad exit IP. VPN addresses get abused a lot. I would switch nodes before assuming HN blocks Mullvad.

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