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Enter stage left

(4,635 posts) Sun Jun 15, 2025, 08:33 PM Jun 2025

Hi, I need some help here, when I click on a DU link to a YouTube video I get the message...

"Sign in to prove you're not a bot".

This has never happened before, and if I click the link, I still can't sign in.

Can anyone help me, or should I call my 11 year old grandson?

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Hi, I need some help here, when I click on a DU link to a YouTube video I get the message... (Original Post) Enter stage left Jun 2025 OP

Are you using a VPN or something like that? Eko Jun 2025 #1

Yes, because I'm on a unsecured network. Does that make a difference? Enter stage left Jun 2025 #2

Youtube does not like VPN's. Eko Jun 2025 #3

Thank you. I just knew there was somebody here as smart as an 11 year old. Enter stage left Jun 2025 #4

No problem here. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2025 #5

I get that message quite often. Alliepoo Jun 2025 #6

But can you prove you're not a bot? j/k area51 Jun 2025 #7

Eko

(10,113 posts)

1. Are you using a VPN or something like that?

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 08:34 PM

Jun 2025

Enter stage left

(4,635 posts)

2. Yes, because I'm on a unsecured network. Does that make a difference?

Reply to Eko (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 08:35 PM

Jun 2025

Eko

(10,113 posts)

3. Youtube does not like VPN's.

Reply to Enter stage left (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 08:56 PM

Jun 2025

Enter stage left

(4,635 posts)

4. Thank you. I just knew there was somebody here as smart as an 11 year old.

Reply to Eko (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 09:00 PM

Jun 2025

Just yanking your chain, I really appreciate the info.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,518 posts)

5. No problem here.

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 09:01 PM

Jun 2025

Alliepoo

(2,849 posts)

6. I get that message quite often.

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:23 PM

Jun 2025

Have no idea why, seems like it just started happening out of the blue a couple of months ago.

area51

(12,755 posts)

7. But can you prove you're not a bot? j/k

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Mon Jun 16, 2025, 12:20 AM

Jun 2025

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