Tim Horton's WiFi blocks FurAffinity.

[MikeFurry]

The Tim Horton's WiFi service blocks FurAffinity, as well as e621.net, But NOT F-list, SoFurry, or InkBunny... 

Access Denied

Access to this page has been blocked due to inappropriate content

I can still get onto this website from this Bell provided internet service, so it's not all bad.  This is a bit more harsh than McDonald's which at last check would still let me on to FA, but their WiFi is also provided by Bell.  I am sure it is only a matter of time until Sofurry and Inkbunny get added to the block list.

So anyone going to Timmy Hoho's with their mobile devices, keep this in mind.

=^.,.^=

[Sasha]

I go there for the coffee personally.

[Zen]

I go there for the coffee personally.

It's free wifi and sometimes you want some internet when you are not near home, but are close to a Tim's.

[Temrin]

lol yeah. i noticed this when i was on vacation in ontario. Funny, i was at tims during the first week. and i could visit it just fine. then, on my last week there, last few days, i tried again and it wouldnt work! XD I loled.

[MikeFurry]

I go there for the coffee personally.

I go there to work on various things like commissions.. having access to FA is handy because that is often where references come from.

=^.,.^=

[Tef]

Is it okay for me to find this hilarious?

[Tony Greyfox]

It's probably a report-based filter, and someone reported FA somewhere so the filter bagged it. I had FA blocked in the Calgary airport once, so it does happen.

[zenia]

I think it is pretty funny. I don't use the Internet anywhere but at home, so it doesn't affect me whatsoever.

If you have a problem because that is where commission info is stored... just tell people to send things to your email and ref pics as attachments.

[Carl Foxmarten]

Weird. Do they even block sfw.furaffinity.net?

There is a way to get around internet filters like that.
All you need is a browser-level proxy.
(having been a university student, I use my university's proxy server whenever I need it)

The difference between a web-level proxy and a browser-level proxy is that the web-level one is a web page you visit that allows you to visit other sites, but since it goes through your internet connection normally, it's still subject to any content filters that might be in place.
A browser-level proxy doesn't go through your internet connection as normal, because it talks to the proxy server on a different (non-standard) port number, so cannot be filtered by normal means.

[Sasha]

Web and browser level?

(quick if works) You could possibly visit something such as the website's internet protocol address (replacing hardlinks to site.com with IP) if the site does not rely on a host name for its operations, such as through virtual servers and host names linking to them. http://www.hcidata.info/host2ip.htm

(easy/riskier) Or you can visit a website serving as a proxy (you->proxy site)->fa.com, fa.com->(proxy site->you), such as many through proxy.org.

(convenient/safer) For transparent access you can inform internet settings (or browser internet settings) to use a SOCKS proxy for all connections, to one at home after setting up router port forwarding (even secured through OpenSSH if need be for the unsure, if not maybe antinat) in which your home will process "foo.com" and send it to you at timmies through tcp/ip

It would be neat if they gave in to the times and had a splash screen saying "This website has been reported for inappropriate content in the past, please use caution respecting our customers and do not <...> click here to continue" although for someone such as Bell that is not a good company decision at face value.

If you have a problem because that is where commission info is stored... just tell people to send things to your email and ref pics as attachments.

It is true, having business information on such a site (and a single site!) as means of contact may require some thinking over. It is an okay decision, but you seem to run in to these things being this nature.

I said my first post as MikeFurry seemed to have not had a specific reason to visit such websites. It stands true though.

[Choco]

that bites I usually use it when I'm contacting some friends via note which I've done in the past so I guess so much for that

did anyone check to see if the SFW works?

[kayfox]

I am not surprised.

FA has a lot of porn.

[JazzyLament]

^ that :/

I would even go as far to say that it's the majority, so it's not exactly that surprising. Even without an account, you can still find some incredibly sexual images that aren't exactly "Politically Correct" to have on display in your iPad or whatever in a public space.

[H u nn Y]

What I would suggest, and I know this from personal experience, is if you're planning on going somewhere that has wifi that might possibly have blocked certain websites due to pornography, instead of shutting down your laptop, keep an internet browser open with whatever website you plan to visit, logged on to your account, close your computer (not shut down but just put the screen down o.o) and then when you get there and sign back in to your laptop and connect to their wifi you should still be on said website, since the tab is still open. Just don't do anything with it until you've connected to the internet, don't refresh or nothing. Ive done this multiple times for another website that was blocked by McDonalds Wifi so I know it works. XD Oh, and make sure you keep at least 1 tab open with that website and don't ever exit it if you still want to stay on the website for the whole duration of your stay, otherwise you can't undo what you just did ;x; lol

[Trapa]

Learn about SSH tunnels and all will be resolved.