lifehacker.com

Mixed

Results vary across lifehacker.com: of 6 URLs tested, 1 is disrupted some of the time and 5 load normally. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright. 369 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-21, the most recent on 2026-09-15.

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://lifehacker.com is not blocked, https://lifehacker.com is intermittent.

The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

6URLs tested
5accessible
369tests all-time
2011first tested
11 d agolast tested

The site itself

http://lifehacker.comNot blockedhttps://lifehacker.comIntermittenthttp://www.lifehacker.comas of 2026Not blocked

Pages and subdomains (3)

https://lifehacker.com/tech/what-are-passkeysNot blockedhttp://lifehacker.com/5935863/five-best-vpn-service-providersas of 2026Not blockedhttp://lifehacker.com/the-surprising-things-you-can-safely-wash-in-your-dishw-1778821324as of 2026Not blocked

About lifehacker.com and the Great Firewall

Is lifehacker.com blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across lifehacker.com: of 6 URLs tested, 1 is disrupted some of the time and 5 load normally. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright. 369 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-21, the most recent on 2026-09-15.

Why does http://lifehacker.com behave differently from https://lifehacker.com?

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://lifehacker.com is not blocked, https://lifehacker.com is intermittent. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

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