Flickr - gone...

PaulieC

I appear to have been blocked out of Flickr by my lovely IT admins ...I don't suppose everyone could use Pix instead ??

AlanMooneyPhoto

hey cambo,
try using ultraunblock.com
usually help in these situations!
Alan

PaulieC

thanks Alan, but no dice - I was able to get to the home page, but unable to log in (something relating to secure connections)

sasar

Known issue...


I had the same problem - could not log in, so I found a way around it, used http://www.moo.com/uploader/?type=minicard site to log in.

quilmore

welcome to the club!
I have pix, flickr and any other page to link pictures blocked, same to all proxy avoidance sites
posts with pictures are only read at night when at home, which are most of them

one way to curb it is to use something like www.logmein.com to connect to your home computer while at work, if not blacklisted it can't be blocked as it uses the same ports as regular browsing

AnCatDubh

the ingenuity of the boards photography forum membership is genius

PaulieC

quilmore wrote: »

welcome to the club!
I have pix, flickr and any other page to link pictures blocked, same to all proxy avoidance sites
posts with pictures are only read at night when at home, which are most of them

one way to curb it is to use something like www.logmein.com to connect to your home computer while at work, if not blacklisted it can't be blocked as it uses the same ports as regular browsing

Thanks, I'll try that

stcstc

well i guess your employer doesnt want to looking at companies that are messing with them, he he

Cabaal

Using logmein.com while very useful is a bad idea if your company has a strict IT Policy, also they could easily log your login details and access could be gained to your PC at home.

quilmore

Cabaal wrote: »

Using logmein.com while very useful is a bad idea if your company has a strict IT Policy,.

that could be a valid point

Cabaal wrote: »

they could easily log your login details and access could be gained to your PC at home.

that's only valid if they have a keylogger on my pc
traffic is 256 bits encrypted, if you know what it is you'll know how difficult and how much effort does it take to crack

decsramble

I had a similar problem when I started my new job. I went from completely open internet access in one company to a near completely locked down one in my next employeer. My solution was expensive but it is portable, I bought an iPhone :-)

PaulieC

stcstc wrote: »

well i guess your employer doesnt want to looking at companies that are messing with them, he he

perhaps not as far-fetched as it might seem

stcstc

yea i know, thats why i said it, he he he he

elven

there's also much sneakiness to be had by getting an igoogle homepage and using the flickr widget... it shows you the mobile version of flickr, in your google window.

Not that I would ever, eh, no... nothing. Didn't say anything.

Mellor

quilmore wrote: »

that's only valid if they have a keylogger on my pc
traffic is 256 bits encrypted, if you know what it is you'll know how difficult and how much effort does it take to crack

256 istough to crack, but its pretty simple for IT dept to get a keylogger on to your desktop

PaulieC

cool, it's back now. It was hellish there for a while...all those C&C and random photo threads were just showing up blank

Anouilh

cambo_gueno wrote: »

cool, it's back now. It was hellish there for a while...all those C&C and random photo threads were just showing up blank

I thought there was something wrong with my uploading system here and just removed the photos that were not visible.

It's good to know that the issue has been resolved.

garbanz0

Some handy solutions there! Thanks!

Cabaal

Maybe the IT Dept browse flickr and made the mistake of blocking it...either that or a manager does and wasn't happy when they blocked it

thebaz

cambo_gueno wrote: »

cool, it's back now. It was hellish there for a while...all those C&C and random photo threads were just showing up blank

its freaky what our "Big Brothers" can do , i hope i'm not tracked -- glad you sorted