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What are the chances some company offers to "save" them with a security service which coincidentally will also require users to use the latest officially-sancti

What are the chances some company offers to "save" them with a security service which coincidentally will also require users to use the latest officially-sanctioned browsers, OSes, and "trusted" hardware to pass the "security check"...

sammy2255 6mo ago
If you're referring to Cloudflare, the "security check" is not a default setting. For some reason administrators love to use Under attack mode as a band-aid measure to reduce load on the host.
- rezonant 6mo ago
  Or they'll (the site operators using Cloudflare proxy) make ill considered firewall rules like "If not Chrome, require security check".
  - sammy2255 6mo ago
    What's your point? You can configure this in Nginx too
    - rezonant 6mo ago
      Nginx has a built in recaptcha page based on rules? News to me. Even if it does, the point of Cloudflare's WAF is to avoid the traffic touching the origin if the security check doesn't succeed, so any nginx solution isn't really providing the same value.
LoganDark 6mo ago
At least Apple devices are actually secure and can't really be omitted from things other than gaming and business. Granted, gaming and business are pretty important.
- hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
  You mean except for that 0day exploit kit floating around on github last week right?
  - fastily 6mo ago
    Would you happen to have a link to this? For science of course :)
  - throwaway290 6mo ago
    You mean the one for old ios versions?
    - hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
      You mean the iOS version people are refusing to upgrade from because of the shittified forced UI changes?
      - throwaway290 6mo ago
        You mean those three people who refuse to apply ios 18 security patches because they think it'll give them liquid glass?)
      - throwaway290 6mo ago
        You aware that iOS 18 is patched right and "old" means 17 and before?
        hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
        AFAIK Apple released a patch for EOL devices and not devices which are supported by v26.
        throwaway290 6mo ago
        False, just updated one a day or two ago, it keeps suggesting iOS 26 but below that was 18.7.7 the amount of people not updating anyway is less than .1%

sammy2255 6mo ago

If you're referring to Cloudflare, the "security check" is not a default setting. For some reason administrators love to use Under attack mode as a band-aid measure to reduce load on the host.

rezonant 6mo ago
Or they'll (the site operators using Cloudflare proxy) make ill considered firewall rules like "If not Chrome, require security check".
- sammy2255 6mo ago
  What's your point? You can configure this in Nginx too
  - rezonant 6mo ago
    Nginx has a built in recaptcha page based on rules? News to me. Even if it does, the point of Cloudflare's WAF is to avoid the traffic touching the origin if the security check doesn't succeed, so any nginx solution isn't really providing the same value.

LoganDark 6mo ago

At least Apple devices are actually secure and can't really be omitted from things other than gaming and business. Granted, gaming and business are pretty important.

hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
You mean except for that 0day exploit kit floating around on github last week right?
- fastily 6mo ago
  Would you happen to have a link to this? For science of course :)
- throwaway290 6mo ago
  You mean the one for old ios versions?
  - hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
    You mean the iOS version people are refusing to upgrade from because of the shittified forced UI changes?
    - throwaway290 6mo ago
      You mean those three people who refuse to apply ios 18 security patches because they think it'll give them liquid glass?)
    - throwaway290 6mo ago
      You aware that iOS 18 is patched right and "old" means 17 and before?
      - hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
        AFAIK Apple released a patch for EOL devices and not devices which are supported by v26.
        throwaway290 6mo ago
        False, just updated one a day or two ago, it keeps suggesting iOS 26 but below that was 18.7.7 the amount of people not updating anyway is less than .1%