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I've been on here everyday almost since joining haven't ran into it yet, but I'm all for extra security, as long as it isn't the ones that make you flip an image or choose the one with the correct shadow.
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Every time I log on now with Samsung tablet, starting about a week ago. What's a VPN?
A vpn is a virtual private network. It adds a layer of encryption between your device's internet access and the site you are going to or any other activity. A lot of companies use it so that people who work from home can access the companies resources.
 

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Daily when I use my laptop with VPN, what has really been annoying is lately, when using my iPhone with chrome browser the adds have been overwhelming!! I have to scroll through large adds every time I’m in here (really started to get bad the last 30 days)
 

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Daily when I use my laptop with VPN, what has really been annoying is lately, when using my iPhone with chrome browser the adds have been overwhelming!! I have to scroll through large adds every time I’m in here (really started to get bad the last 30 days)
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We've recently implemented some additional security to prevent spam, so that may be causing a few false-positive captchas.

A few questions if you could help answer:
  • How many times have you been asked to complete a captcha?
  • If more than once, how often?
  • Are you using a VPN?

Thanks.
Asked for captcha every time I log in and use VPN
 


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Captcha now popping up every time I click anything ion the site! I do work through a VPN and it never did this before just a week or so ago? Whatever changes you made, they STINK! It getting to the point that I may have to switch to a different forum (I don't want to!) Please adjust your settings back to where they were before!

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We've recently implemented some additional security to prevent spam, so that may be causing a few false-positive captchas.

A few questions if you could help answer:
  • How many times have you been asked to complete a captcha?
  • If more than once, how often?
  • Are you using a VPN?

Thanks.
I use Safari on both my iPad and iPhone and have never been presented with a captcha screen on ranger5g. I am not using VPN.
 

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A vpn is a virtual private network. It adds a layer of encryption between your device's internet access and the site you are going to or any other activity. A lot of companies use it so that people who work from home can access the companies resources.
Thanks for the explanation. I recently set up a new mesh wifi home network, but I don't recall if VPN was an option. I would like to opt out of these captchas though, as sometimes I can't tell a curb from a crosswalk.
 

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Thanks for the explanation. I recently set up a new mesh wifi home network, but I don't recall if VPN was an option. I would like to opt out of these captchas though, as sometimes I can't tell a curb from a crosswalk.
Yeah I understand, good choice with a mesh network btw, great range and a lot of them have built in ad blocking filters. VPN is usually a third party unrelated to your network. Usually a service you pay for. Honestly for the everyday average person they are more useful on public wifi than at home. Unfortunately there is not really a good way to skip captcha's. There is the option to pay people in tech firms oversees like a quarter of a cent per captcha to complete them. The ones where you just click the box are a lot nicer :)
 
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Seems to be getting worse, not better. This is the ONLY site that does this. Yes, using VPN and Chrome. What’s up with that? Just trying to get to this thread took me 3 captcha screens. BS.
 

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I get it every single time I click on a sub forum or thread. I tried turning off my vpn an opening a new window an it still get it every single time. I'm using a pc with windows 10 an chrome
 

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Anybody getting ad from Root insurance at bottom of page ? It totally shuts down the forum for me until you x it out then returns to normal operation. Annoying
 

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Anybody getting ad from Root insurance at bottom of page ? It totally shuts down the forum for me until you x it out then returns to normal operation. Annoying
You can use add blockers and ‘tune’ them to block certain URL’s and leave others alone or just block everything
 
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