Yesterday I was out and about, having to use mobile data. Suddenly, Jerboa reported a certificate error wile browsing feddit.de. I figured it was just a glitch, but the error persisted. Tried accessing it via browser on mobile and suddenly I’m getting some Vodafone gateway telling me I need to unlock 18+ content…WTF? I’m not even on Vodafone, so presumably my phone was data-roaming. Accessing Reddit was, naturally, no problem. I’d love to know how many orders of magnitude more porn there is on Reddit than on Feddit lol…but feddit is blocked??

Anyway, I swiftly put my VPN on my phone and it’s no longer an issue. Very bizarre to see this, though. Has anyone else encountered it?

  • Kerrangutan@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    The default is for 18+ content to be restricted by UK mobile networks, you will have to contact your network customer service and ask them to remove the restrictions.

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      1 year ago

      Why was Reddit allowed then? And it’s even stranger that this was a Vodafone gateway, when I’m not on Vodafone. When I checked which network I was on, it did not even seem to be Vodafone in my phone settings. Anyway, VPNs solve that problem. Seems like the “18+” content policy is applied arbitrarily.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, it’s implemented very poorly, especially since as you have discovered, VPN’s completely bypass it and sites like reddit are “acceptable” apparently.