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		m0dest on Aug 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residentia... Netflix likely spotted the behavior through one of the many other heuristics that can identify this, such as: - Lower packet TTL than gateway - Lower packet MTU than gateway - Much higher latency than gateway - WAN IP listening on well-known VPN ports for PPTP/IPsec/etc - Ongoing sessions that suddenly teleported to a Chinese WAN IP when the VPN connection dropped - Incorrect DNS configurations or stale caches that point toward inappropriate CDN edge nodes - System time zone (via JavaScript or native app) not matching source region - Unusual system language preferences for the region - One of the hundreds of leaky data points revealed by Android devices and other native apps

Havoc on Aug 12, 2021 | [–]

Nice list.

I tried getting my parents internet funneled through UK so that they could watch some stuff...no good. Both netflix and amazon prime picked up that something was off-sides. I suspect it was latency cause other side of world

mrwww on Aug 12, 2021 | [–]

thanks for listing these!

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