Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

General Topics => Computer Problems & Questions, Virus/Scam Warnings => Topic started by: jackstee on March 28, 2012, 18:39:09 PM

Title: Censorship
Post by: jackstee on March 28, 2012, 18:39:09 PM: Is it just me, may be because I normally use my UK VPN.
I accidentally went into a banned site, ( In Turkey) and it opened, so I tried a couple more. No Probs.

?????
Title: Censorship
Post by: martinp2502 on March 28, 2012, 21:02:19 PM: That's what VPNs do, they disguise where you are so if you're linked to a UK server the banned Turkish site will be visible.
Title: Censorship
Post by: jackstee on March 29, 2012, 11:05:08 AM: Yes, but these are available, now, without the VPN
Title: Censorship
Post by: tinkerman on March 29, 2012, 11:10:35 AM: 'I accidentally went into' :-\:D ;) ;)
Title: Censorship
Post by: martinp2502 on March 29, 2012, 14:07:16 PM: quote:
Originally posted by jackstee

Yes, but these are available, now, without the VPN
Perhaps they're no longer banned, perhaps your VPN was on without you knowing. The plot thickens.
Try http://thepiratebay.org/ on your computer with VPN off, it won't work on mine.
Title: Censorship
Post by: Stan on March 29, 2012, 18:03:20 PM: "I accidentally went into" , and then I accidentally went into some more !! (Can you put a link so we can all see ?) ;)
Title: Censorship
Post by: jackstee on March 29, 2012, 19:38:39 PM: Tried the Pirate bay and no connection until I turned off my firewall. Then ok

Also tried a very naughty site, my son says, cam whatsit and no problem
Title: Censorship
Post by: martinp2502 on March 30, 2012, 05:34:28 AM: I'm no computer wizard Jackstee but i'd love to know how you get into a banned site (Piratebay) without a VPN. As far as I understand it the only way to see a site banned in Turkey is with a VPN or using a proxy website.

Have you tried watching BBC iPlayer without the VPN turned on?
Title: Censorship
Post by: ukchris on March 30, 2012, 08:25:15 AM: I used to use a program called AutoHideIP, which basically allowed me to choose which country I wanted to reside in, then it gave me a corresponding IP address to that country via a proxy. Some forums and download sites are blocked if you live outside the particular country. Also if you have gone over your 'free' download limit for the day with a site like upload.com it was handy as you could just pick another country and get a new IP address.

I found that even though most of the time I didn't have it turned on, in firefox it never stripped the proxy setting back out when i disconnected. I would imagine that your browser, chrome, IE firefox etc may still have the proxy set.

What i found really clever was Google's homepage. If i decided to pick say an Italian IP address, i'd open my browser after connection and I would be faced with Google as normal....... but in Italian !
Title: Censorship
Post by: Libra on March 30, 2012, 15:52:15 PM: Check your connection settings whether any OpenDNS settings are active. If yes , you can enter ( in Turkey ) banned sites.

Here you can learn how to set OpenDNS for your operating system :

http://use.opendns.com/