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Cloudflare's code attempts to detect browser automation is happening. For example, desktop computer but clicking things without moving your mouse? Suspicious.
by michaelt 3y ago
Cloudflare's code attempts to detect browser automation is happening.
For example, desktop computer but clicking things without moving your mouse? Suspicious. Say you're a phone, but have desktop computer fonts installed? Suspicious. And suchlike, the precise methods are the results of a cat-and-mouse game.
If these heuristics identify your browser as suspicious, they either show you an interactive captcha, or they just refuse your request.
- nijave 3y agoYup, some of these are pretty invasive like opening websocket connections to localhost to try to find daemons running on the clients machine (I think eBay and maybe others were doing this)
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> For example, desktop computer but clicking things without moving your mouse? Suspicious. The war on accessibility tools remains deeply irritating.