They're 'biased' against Tor and other anonymizers for a very simple reason - people abuse them.
In my brief career as a Tor exit relay operator, I had someone use my exit to hijack Gmail accounts. So, honestly, I can't blame them. When something is *repeatedly* identified to be a source of bad actors, it's incumbent upon those providers to do something about it. IMO Google's response - trying to balance a desire to enable genuine users to use Tor while barring the bad actors, is commendable. It's a tough problem folks, we should all recognize that. Just my $.02. -Chris On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:52 AM, <blo...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > I have noticed that when I try to login to my Gmail or Hotmail accounts with > Tor, I invariably get asked to validate myself (e.g. receive an SMS). This > is understandably due my IP being in a different country from the "usual" > IPs that I use to sign in. > > However, I have experimented with StrictExitNodes. I am in New York and have > used a number of New York exit nodes. I still get asked to verify. > > I am wondering if Tor developers or experienced users know (for a fact) > whether or not this is "normal" or whether using an exit node automatically > makes Gmail and Hotmail think that a "hacker" is attempting to access the > accounts. > > This is not a case of a website e.g. Craigslist blocking Tor. It is whether > the use of an exit node IP automatically engenders scrutiny from whatever > security algorithms certain webmail providers use. > > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- Christopher Patti - Geek At Large | GTalk: cpa...@gmail.com | AIM: chrisfeohpatti | P: (260) 54PATTI "Technology challenges art, art inspires technology." - John Lasseter, Pixar -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
