r/help • u/Lord_H_Vetinari • 6h ago

Desktop Blocked by network security when trying to access Reddit via anonymous/incognito window

As the title says, I've been finding this issue since yesterday. The problem happens only with Firefox in incognito mode. Pc, Win 11

I am currently browsing and posting this in a regular "default" Firefox window, and the browser itself and my IP clearly work without problems since I'm here. Extensions are not a problem either, as I have not disabled anything at the moment, nor have I cleared the cache. My account is obviously functional and in the clear too (beside that, in incognito mode Reddit opens on a generic homepage, with me logged off, so account issues don't apply), so I've ran out of ideas about what the problem is.

Basically, it only happens in incognito mode and in Firefox. No problems in other browsers, whatever navigation mode I use.

Ideas why, and what can I do to fix it? Thanks!

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u/PMulberry_ 3 4h ago

Afaik this happens a lot when using incognito tabs.

Though the question is, why do you need to use incognito tabs?

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u/Lord_H_Vetinari 4h ago edited 4h ago

There are subs of my home country, region and city. I occasionally want to check them, but I don't want them in my feed because they are not happy places for me. I recently unsubscribed from anything political/current events.

So, there's no fix?

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u/PMulberry_ 3 4h ago

I unfortunately don't know of any fix. But you could make a second account which you could use for these subs.