Has anyone been able to use a VPN while accessing cellartracker reviews? Found nothing about this on their web site.
Proton VPN works for me.
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Did you contact @Eric_LeVine ?
Interesting; I’m using Proton VPN, but the free version
Just did. Cheers!
I haven’t been able to access with a VPN for some time. I also get the captcha bus question if I do too many searches in a row.
I have the paid version of Proton VPN, but I only use the CT app not the website. Never had an issue.
I had to log in and then everything works fine. Thanks Eric
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very interesting. cannot access CT via VPN unless you have an account and are signed in to that account.
but if not on a VPN, you can use CT without signing in.
Probably due to anti-flood/DOS protection. Too many requests from the same IP results in it being blocked. I’m sure it’s not every VPN just popular ones.
how did you test this?
Don’t currently use any VPNs. Maybe it’s all VPNs? But if you had a private VPN I’m not sure how they would know.
my bad - you made it seem like you knew something.
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Hard to believe there are that many wine geeks using the same IP. I’m guessing it is an easy way to separate wheat and chaff. Not a big deal to just turn it off when there.
You don’t have to turn it off. Just login.
I use the Avast Secureline VPN and can access CT.
I’m somewhat curious now.
What risk are y’all attempting to mitigate here by accessing CT via a VPN?
I wouldn’t consider accessing CT via a VPN service as I don’t personally see the value add in doing so. But maybe I’m missing something here?
I don’t think it’s specific to CT. Many people have got into the habit of using VPNs pretty much full time on their mobile devices if they ever connect via WiFi at public locations. WiFi is inherently somewhat insecure unless you take some care with what exactly you’re connecting to, and for me it’s easier just to have a VPN running all the time. In my case, we live in a serviced apartment, so my home desktop is also connecting via a “public” WiFi and so I have a VPN up pretty much all the time there too.
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Ah, ok. that makes more sense now. Thank you.
I don’t use free or public wifi networks, so it’s not something I’d need to consider.
Not specific to CT. I use a VPN all the time for the very reasons they exist, not just on public networks.
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