Hi, first time using this group so I hope I am not braking any rules.
I wanted to ask others if they have noticed themselves getting blocked from certain sites (such as banks) because they are running a tor relay? I have checked my ip on various lists and it seems two rarely used lists have a ban on a group of numbers from my isp, but not my number specifically. I have been using my bank for years from this connection, now i seem to be blocked and it coincides with starting to run a tor and i2p relays. I have tried to access the site from different software but it just hangs. The bank claim they are not blocking me. Anyone else had this type of problem?
Brian.
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Yes, abundantly. Here in Italy if you run even a non exit node you can't connect to many government or public service sites.
Bye, Marco
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Brian Henderson via tor-relays wrote on 10/14/25 00:54:
Hi, first time using this group so I hope I am not braking any rules.
I wanted to ask others if they have noticed themselves getting blocked from certain sites (such as banks) because they are running a tor relay? I have checked my ip on various lists and it seems two rarely used lists have a ban on a group of numbers from my isp, but not my number specifically. I have been using my bank for years from this connection, now i seem to be blocked and it coincides with starting to run a tor and i2p relays. I have tried to access the site from different software but it just hangs. The bank claim they are not blocking me. Anyone else had this type of problem?
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Yes, I've seen it. The bank is probably being truthful when they say that "they" are not blocking you; rather, they likely subscribe to a 3rd party blocklist that includes tor relays.You can try complaining to the blocklist maintainer, but I've found it to be more expeditious to just use a VPN when accessing those sites.
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On 10/13/25 17:54, Brian Henderson via tor-relays wrote:
Hi, first time using this group so I hope I am not braking any rules.
I wanted to ask others if they have noticed themselves getting blocked from certain sites (such as banks) because they are running a tor relay? I have checked my ip on various lists and it seems two rarely used lists have a ban on a group of numbers from my isp, but not my number specifically. I have been using my bank for years from this connection, now i seem to be blocked and it coincides with starting to run a tor and i2p relays. I have tried to access the site from different software but it just hangs. The bank claim they are not blocking me. Anyone else had this type of problem?
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Appleton WI USA
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For individuals that run a Tor relay from their home network, I would recommend running a Bridge (OBFS, Snowflake, or HTTP) to avoid these very issues.
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On Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 01:45:24 PM MDT, John Thompson via tor-relays tor-relays@lists.torproject.org wrote:
On 10/13/25 17:54, Brian Henderson via tor-relays wrote:
Hi, first time using this group so I hope I am not braking any rules.
I wanted to ask others if they have noticed themselves getting blocked
from certain sites (such as banks) because they are running a tor relay?
I have checked my ip on various lists and it seems two rarely used lists
have a ban on a group of numbers from my isp, but not my number
specifically. I have been using my bank for years from this connection,
now i seem to be blocked and it coincides with starting to run a tor and
i2p relays. I have tried to access the site from different software but
it just hangs. The bank claim they are not blocking me. Anyone else had
this type of problem?
Yes, I’ve seen it. The bank is probably being truthful when they say
that “they” are not blocking you; rather, they likely subscribe to a 3rd
party blocklist that includes tor relays.You can try complaining to the
blocklist maintainer, but I’ve found it to be more expeditious to just
use a VPN when accessing those sites.
–
-John Thompson (johndthompson@gmail.com)
Appleton WI USA
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