Has anyone found that they have had to switch off the ‘Real IP Address’ setting to get some apps working sometimes? I find Discord often just won’t load with it on and there seem to be a lot of shopping websites that don’t like it. The Discord issue has only just started happening
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tcecyk
March 10, 2023, 4:52pm
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the developers put out a long intro on AP with a section on hide-my-ip at Advanced Privacy - know all about it
Commercial services tend to block TOR exit node traffic.
It’s a bit of an expert tool that’s nice to have built-in, but comes with downsides.
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jobal
March 10, 2023, 8:05pm
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VMWare Horizon doesn’t work with HideMyIP set to on.
This actually is working much much better since the update it seems. Discord no longer requires sporadic disconnects…
I found the Real IP Address feature of AP had to be turned off to get Antenna Pod to work, I’m running this thread to explore further:
Installed Antennapod, and have been successfully downloading and listening to podcasts, recently though it has stopped downloading any episode from newly Subscribed Podcasts, throwing any number of download errors, inparticular 403s, (forbidden, blocked access).
Using gnirehtet and reverse tethering, I can connect to newly subscribed podcasts without any problem:
Not sure why, but can only think weak wireless signal is to blame, despite being able to see the podcast series, and still browse, …