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Turkish government just blocked access to YouTube after a terrorist attack - but the Vivaldi browser on my desktop still connects? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It also connects to discord, supposed to be blocked since more than a week. No other device or browser I have connects to YouTube, they all get ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED, and only a fresh Vivaldi profile on the same pc also connects to Discord, everything else get ERR_CONNECTION_RESET.

I've tried disabling all extensions, it still connects. Checked its IP address and DNS server and they're the same as other devices/browsers. Any idea what could be going on?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Probably just uses a fallback DNS service when the "official one" fails

I'd recommend to not use ISP DNS in general.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

have you tried setting your dns to the opendns servers, if yes, what were the results?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe do a trace with wireshark and compare the connection attempts?

Most website blocks are done on a dns level, maybe vivaldi doesn't accept the "wrong" dns replies, uses DNS-over-HTTPS or doesn't query any affected dns servers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have secure DNS set up on all my devices, this isn't a DNS level block. I tried looking at the chrome Dev tools connection page and I would try wireshark too but idk what to look for, especially when I'm trying to figure out why it works

Edit: I'm pretty sure with normal DNS you get a page saying it's blocked for discord