You enjoy chatting on Omegle, the free online chat site. The randomness of chatting with complete strangers appeals to your quirky side. But suddenly, you find you’ve been banned from the chat site. WTH? You can be banned from Omegle for what seems like random reasons. But what can you do when you’ve been banned? While there are various methods you can use to get yourself unbanned, the best way to get unbanned from the chat service is to use a tool you may already have handy: a Virtual Private Network (VPN). What Is Omegle? Omegle is a free online chat website that matches users randomly, allowing them to text or video chat “one-on-one.” Users formerly had the opportunity to go into “Spy Mode,” which allowed a user to act as a “spy”, asking a question of two “strangers”. The spy could then view the ensuing conversation between the two subjects, but could not participate in the conversation. This feature has been dropped, due to abuse by “spies”. Using Omegle doesn’t require any registration, and chats are completely anonymous. However, users can indicate their personal interests, and the service will then look for other users who are into the same things. If you don’t mind a little bit of crossover with your Facebook account, you can chat on Omegle via Facebook Messenger (you do have to log in to your Facebook account to do that, though, so keep that in mind). College students who use the service can enter their college email address (ending in .edu, .edu.XX or .ac.XX) to verify that they’re in college. They can then connect with other college students for chat sessions. While the service monitors video chats, it does warn its users that the chat moderation is “not perfect,” and they could still encounter users who will “misbehave.” Omegle says it is not responsible for the actions and behavior of its users. Although Omegle requires users to be 18+ years of age, or 13+ years of age with permission of a guardian, the service does not require proof of age, instead only requiring users to click a checkbox to state they are of age. As you can imagine, this doesn’t stop any minor from using the service. Eighteen-year-old Leif K-Brooks created the service in 2009. Initially, the site offered only text chat but added a video-chat feature in March 2009. Omegle does not offer an app to allow chatting from mobile devices. However, the website works just fine by using a browser on mobile devices. Why Does Omegle Ban Users? While Omegle blocking you can seem unexpected – that is, if you feel you haven’t done anything to justify such a severe penalty – there are understandable reasons that this can happen. Well, understandable depending upon which end of the ban you’re on, I suppose. There are 3 main reasons you can be banned from the Omegle chat service. Reason #1: Other “Strangers” Drop You Regularly If the strangers you get matched with drop you with noticeable regularity, Omegle will take notice and begin to get a bit suspicious. They may think you’re a troll, so no one wants to talk to you. It’s possible no one you’re connecting with is your kind of person, or they’re just really rude. Still, maybe you should take a closer look at your own attitude? I’m just sayin’. Reason #2: Someone Has Reported You This one can be related to reason #1, or it could be related to your saying something that offended someone – or maybe THEY were being the jerk, and they like getting other users banned. Unfortunately for some users, Omegle has been known to err on the side of caution when believing user reports, quickly banning the accused within the blink of a virtual eye. Reason #3: You Violated the Service’s Terms & Conditions It’s a fairly easy task to violate Omegle’s Terms and Conditions. Heck, if I’m reading it right, Omegle could ban you if you have copyrighted music, or even a TV show or movie playing in the background while you’re chatting. More likely, though, you flashed your bits and pieces at someone who didn’t ask for it, and/or you were abusive or harassing in some other way. Beauty – or “ban-ability” – is in the eye of the beholder, and if a monitor observed you, or someone complained about you doing something to violate Omegle’s Terms and Conditions, you’ll likely be banned. How to Get Unbanned From Omegle First, let’s take a look at how Omegle bans a user. If users are anonymous and don’t use any type of login, what’s to stop you from simply logging back on if you’ve been banned? Omegle tracks users via their IP address. An IP address is a numeric label identifying your device on a network, be it a local network or the internet. This allows the system to know where to deliver data, much like the postal service uses your home’s street address to deliver snail mail. (You remember snail mail, right?) By tracking your IP address, Omegle can connect you to other users for chats. However, they can also use that same IP address to ban you from their service, simply by blocking your IP address from connecting to their chat servers. The best way to unban yourself from Omegle is to somehow change your IP address. You can go through a bunch of gymnastics to change your IP address by unplugging your cable modem, resetting your router, or even, in some cases, contacting your Internet Service Provider to get them to assign you a new IP address. However, there is an easier and more secure way. How to Use a Virtual Private Network to Get Unbanned Readers who are familiar with my website will know that one of my favorite online tools is a Virtual Private Network (VPN). VPNs make for a great way to unblock various kinds of online content and services, and Omegle is no exception. When a user logs in to a VPN server, the VPN server assigns the user’s internet connection a new IP address. By doing this, it makes it appear that the user is connected from another location, which can be anywhere, from across town to across the world. A new IP address is especially valuable to an Omegle user who has been banned. Being able to obtain a new IP address means that a banned user can once again connect to Omegle, as the service sees the new IP address as a completely different user. Why Else Should I Use a VPN? In addition to supplying a new IP address to a user’s internet connection, a VPN also offers a number of other great features and services. This makes a VPN a great tool to keep in your online arsenal for almost all online activities. VPNs also make a great way to protect your internet connection, and its related online activities and personal information, by encasing it in a layer of encryption and keeping it safe from prying eyes. There are plenty of folks who’d love to gain access to your connection and info, including the government, hackers and even your Internet Service Provider. I always turn on my VPN connection whenever I use my laptop or mobile device on a public WiFi hotspot, like those found at coffee shops, hotels and other public locations. Which VPN Is Best for Keeping You Unblocked on Omegle? While just about any Virtual Private Network will get you unblocked from Omegle, if you’re going to pay for a VPN, you might as well consider all of the features that a VPN offers before making a buying decision.
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