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If it blocks your IP, wouldn’t everyone who came to your house get banned as long as they’re using your Wi-Fi?

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit should be able to tell by the number of different accounts that connect through an IP like that that it's not a home wifi network and treat it accordingly, the question is do they actually do that (probably cuz otherwise you'd never be able to connect through a VPN lol)

[–] MomoTimeToDie 5 points 1 year ago

It's reddit. "should" isn't in their vocabulary

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But... CG-NAT. Most people don't have their own IP, so how do you deal with this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Either they’ll see it like some kind of public WiFi, or there’ll be collateral damage. But keep in mind that CG-NAT usually only applies to IPv4, so if your ISP and home network support IPv6, Reddit won’t have said problem and see you IPv6 address.