Delta blocked me from buying a flight in my own name with my own credit card. Support agent said their system suspected my account was compromised and they need me to upload my ID to prove it's me. Of course the review process will take an indeterminate period of time.
The only reason I can imagine this happening is because I use a VPN.
That’s exactly why it happened.
Time to hash out loads of firewall rules
i tried to apply for my ESTA with Mullvad Browser
that was NOT happening, whole process broke down 😂
the gov is IN the LAPTOP
take a greyhound instead. US domestic flights sound nearly as bad as international ones.
Your own or a vpn company?
Had many instances of this, tho not with airlines (yet). Online merchants of all types have been locking my accounts and declining transactions because I use a VPN and hardened browsers. Banks have been freezing credit cards and accounts. Then I must jump through hoops. "For account security" is what they say. "Use Paypal" or "use Google Chrome and no VPN" is the advice. Fuck you, I'll take my business elsewhere.
The whole fiat system in this surveillance state feels designed ensure we can't transact without banks and govt entities knowing everything "for our safety and security".
Don't they check your id when you check in? So what would even be the point of fraud using the same name as on the card?
It’s funny how they penalize you for protecting your data privacy when their track record is so awesome at doing that.
Let’s give them a PR bruise on X for the lolz?
Had a similar issue with a bank. Sent a few transfers (to buy bitcoin funny enough). Next thing I know everything frozen. I call the bank, they can't do anything until I speak to fraud department, where they ask me a thousand questions about myself, past transactions and the recent transactions sent to "people i had not been in contact with before".
After all that it clicked and we realized it's all because I logged on through a VPN, even if I was on a local server at the time and not connecting from across the world or whatever.
Same bank that makes me go through this didn't use 2FA at ALL until a few years ago.
Pain in the ass.
Almost certainly. I ordered some clothing on Moosejaw recently then got an email later telling me my order was rejected. After talking with a customer rep I was told the most likely reason was my VPN.
What VPN do you recommend?
https://www.torproject.org FTW!
Just watch out for honeypot exit nodes erroring https sites. Ctrl-shift-L for a new circuit.
I am very sus on most paid VPNs that exit in Western countries, if they weren't cooperating they wouldn't be operating...
100% VPN
100%
