Feature #527
openPrivacy Browser + Orbot is being blocked by CloudFlare
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Description
Accessing websites using Tor Browser (in both Desktop or Android version) works, but when using Privacy Browser + Orbot VPN the CloudFlare system block the access. I have changed the user-agent to match the Tor Browser user-agent, but even so it happens. I have tried with both cookies enabled and disabled. Is there anything that can be done to avoid Privacy Browser having a different fingerprint and not be blocked?
An example: tvshows4mobile.net
Sorry for the example provided, but it's the last one that I rememer having this issue in.
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Updated by Soren Stoutner over 3 years ago
- File Domain For Sale.png Domain For Sale.png added
- Assignee set to Soren Stoutner
When I attempted to load tvshows4mobile.net directly (without going through Tor) to test this problem, the page initially loaded blank, because it was blocked by EasyList. After EasyList was disabled, a domain-for-sale page loaded (see screenshot). Note that the URL automatically redirected to http://ww17.tvshows4mobile.net.
Do you have a different domain that exhibits these problems I can test with?
Updated by GNU User over 3 years ago
Hello,
I am terribly sorry, I mixed two different domains
https://mobiletvshows.net/
https://tvshows4mobile.com/
These were the correct ones. I have tried disabling all lists and still happens the same btw.
Updated by Soren Stoutner over 3 years ago
- Priority changed from 3.x to 4.x
Cloudflare is subjecting all traffic from known Tor exit nodes to a CAPTCHA. You can verify this by using Orbot in VPN mode and trying a number of browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Lightning, FOSS Browser).
However, a year ago Cloudflare created a mechanism for the Tor Browser to automatically redirect normal URLs to .onion URLs that don't product the CAPTCHA. You can read about it here:
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-onion-service/
There isn't anything I can do about it in Privacy Browser with the current WebView, but it would be possible to enable similar functionality in Privacy WebView in the 4.x series.
Updated by Soren Stoutner almost 3 years ago
- Tracker changed from Bug to Feature