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As a non-logged in lurker, I always get "prove you're legit" when using TBB. I usually hit the "new tor circuit for this site" button a few times until it goes

As a non-logged in lurker, I always get "prove you're legit" when using TBB. I usually hit the "new tor circuit for this site" button a few times until it goes away. It is really annoying how to even read HN you need to jump through hoops. I can possibly understand commenting and posting being restricted, but there's not reason to block simple views, it's not like anyone is going to use tor for ddos.

LeifCarrotson 10y ago
> it's not like anyone is going to use tor for ddos. Perhaps not DDOS, but yes, tor is absolutely used maliciously: > Based on data across the CloudFlare network, 94% of requests that we see across the Tor network are per se malicious. That doesn’t mean they are visiting controversial content, but instead that they are automated requests designed to harm our customers. A large percentage of the comment spam, vulnerability scanning, ad click fraud, content scraping, and login scanning comes via the Tor network. To give you some sense, based on data from Project Honey Pot, 18% of global email spam, or approximately 6.5 trillion unwanted messages per year, begin with an automated bot harvesting email addresses via the Tor network. Source: https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-trouble-with-tor/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-trouble-with-tor/ Counterpoint: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/trouble-cloudflare https://blog.torproject.org/blog/trouble-cloudflare