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Is it really necessary to run third-party javascript that "checks my browser" (collects information about me?) before letting me read the article?
by bo1024 5y ago
Is it really necessary to run third-party javascript that "checks my browser" (collects information about me?) before letting me read the article?
- jeroenhd 5y agoThe usual method is to let Cloudflare collect that data passively, I like the honesty of letting the user see the DDoS protection in action better. At least this website doesn't require a captcha when you're visiting through TOR, that's better than most websites behind DDoS protection.
- darkcha0s 5y agoLike most of the modern web, yes.
- macksd 5y agoWas that not a proxy doing DDoS protection?
- Fnoord 5y agohttps://archive.md/1iqOG https://archive.md/1iqOG
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- echelon 5y agoCloudflare runs DDoS protection against a surprisingly many sites now. Often you don't even see the "checking your browser" screen, it just happens passively. While individual authors and publishers benefit substantially (caching, anti-DDoS, etc.), this is a huge net loss for the internet. It essentially entrenches Google and the rest of MAGMA as the forever winners of spidering the web. If you try to spin up your own crawler, you'll get hit by this bullshit. It's becoming impossible to bootstrap now.