I too am getting blocked no matter which of several VPN services or servers I use. Like others here stated, I need to use VPN for other, non-nefarious security and privacy reasons (ie. not all VPN users are bots and criminals).

Is there any way to keep some of whatever security measures in place but loosen them enough so that actual legit users can still access the forums? I used to visit every few days. Lately it’s once a month maybe due to the blocking. I guess I’m not traveling as much so I don’t NEED to visit FT as much, but I still appreciate the dialogue and sense of community here. It’s a shame to just block out a segment of the population inadvertently or just to do the same to crawlers and bots, imho.