[genxy]

To anyone from crowdsupply listening, please turn down your VPN check. I am not stripping my privacy protection to use your site.

*edit, Crowdsupply does a full block on multiple VPN providers. There is no way to access their site without turning off your VPN.

[dtj1123]

Mullvad seems to work fine.

[genxy]

You got lucky with a golden exit node.

[anilakar]

You do realize that violating export regulations is a much bigger risk than losing a few individuals relying on snake oil security?

[genxy]

Digikey and Mouser do not do this.

> few individuals relying on snake oil security

Please don't.

[pjc50]

VPNs for desktop users have very few security use cases since most traffic ended up being https, but they're very useful for evading geoblocks.

[genxy]

My last mile is hostile, the VPN is very important.

[utopiah]

CrowdSupply checks on purchase and will withhold goods until you, individual or other entity, do confirm you respect export regulation.

I'm not saying it's totally unrelated, only that there do have a dedicated non technical but legal check.

[lejalv]

Can you explain what is the connection between closing the site to VPN users and violating export regulations?

[TJSomething]

I'd assume the point is that they think that the possibility of serving the website to an individual physically within a prohibited country constitutes unacceptable liability.

[shrubble]

Wouldn’t it require making a purchase and providing a shipping address? How would a VPN get in the middle of checking the physical address?

[blep-arsh]

CrowdSupply isn't geoblocking visitors as far as I know.