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Thank you Cloudflare for making it impossible to read news, and yes I am a human.

fudged71 6mo ago
Mobile Safari has been giving me a complete loop on these in the past couple months, I have to switch browsers to get through. Anyone else?
- NitpickLawyer 6mo ago
  My guess is that this is a direct response to all the claw stuff running on macs. I used to never get cf captchas from a mac + home IP (while getting plenty on my linux ws + work vpn). Now i've gotten 2 sites in the past week that not only show the captcha, but also loop once I click the human thing. Most likely mac + resIP is not a good signal anymore...
- hirako2000 6mo ago
  I occasionally get those loop even on chrome.
- ectospheno 6mo ago
  Worked for me just now on mobile safari. You get the cloudflare human test but I just clicked the box and was in. This was despite accessing the site while vpn’d from home and using multiple adblockers.
- itopaloglu83 6mo ago
  Maybe it’s the blocking of 3rd party cookies, because I experience similar issues with Chrome on desktop from time to time.
masfuerte 6mo ago
Here's an alternative source: https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-tractor-with-12-valve-cummins-and-zero-electronics-goes-back-to-the-basics https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-tractor-with-12-valve-cumm...
dev_hugepages 6mo ago
On HN, I often see comments like this, complaining about Cloudflare blocking access to pages. It makes me wonder if it’s due to a particular setup that triggers bot detection – like Tor or no-JS – that HN readers often use, or if Cloudflare has too many false positives.
- rconti 6mo ago
  I don't have that _particular_ problem, but I often gripe about how no website seems to be able to remember that I've used this device before ... ... and only briefly pause to wonder if it's because of all the anti-cookie, anti-tracking stuff in Safari.
- ai-x 6mo ago
  Non-Chrome browsers constantly require Robot check
- itopaloglu83 6mo ago
  I think it's aggressive user profiling, so anyone with a hint of privacy is not welcomed. I can't imagine this getting any better with Chrome MCP and other tools.
dunham 6mo ago
The other day they blocked me from accessing Kagi's web site because I was using Kagi's web browser.
huijzer 6mo ago
Those tests are funny in a way because we as humans have to prove that we’re human to a robot
boplicity 6mo ago
Cloudflare is increasingly a problem in terms of blocking huge geographic regions, often without the website operators even being aware this is happening. All in the name of "security."
- throwa356262 6mo ago
  Well, at least you are not in Spain. https://community.cloudflare.com/t/website-inaccessible-from-spain-possible-regional-block-on-cloudflare-ips/883954 https://community.cloudflare.com/t/website-inaccessible-from...
  - throwaway85825 6mo ago
    The Spanish government no longer had to care about the consequences of their actions since they found a new voting block.
    - origin_ 6mo ago
      I'm not familiar with spanish politics, care to explain?
      - throwaway85825 6mo ago
        They just gave millions of foreigners the ability to vote for the government.
        origin_ 6mo ago
        a quick search suggests that's just for municipal elections. As I understand the football internet blackouts are national government policy not municipal?
        throwaway85825 6mo ago
        Regularization is a national policy. Soon to be followed by a shortened pathway to citizenship.
codazoda 6mo ago
Yeah, I also wanted to comment on this, though I think it’s technically against the rules. I hit this first on my VPN, so I disconnected, then got asked again from my home wifi. I dunno why I look like a bot to Cloudflare. I hate these prompts and it’s too bad they’re all over the web.
HoldOnAMinute 6mo ago
Coming soon: This article requires Age Verification. Please hold up your passport to the sensor on your device to continue.
OsrsNeedsf2P 6mo ago
Try a browser MCP and ask it to bypass the captcha. Works for me most of the time
bashkiddie 6mo ago
I second this. Clownflare is agressively blocking: Fennec v149.0.2 - Germany
pocksuppet 6mo ago
"The myth of consensual website use" User: "I consent" Website: "I consent" Cloudflare: "I don't" Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?

Mobile Safari has been giving me a complete loop on these in the past couple months, I have to switch browsers to get through. Anyone else?

NitpickLawyer 6mo ago
My guess is that this is a direct response to all the claw stuff running on macs. I used to never get cf captchas from a mac + home IP (while getting plenty on my linux ws + work vpn). Now i've gotten 2 sites in the past week that not only show the captcha, but also loop once I click the human thing. Most likely mac + resIP is not a good signal anymore...
hirako2000 6mo ago
I occasionally get those loop even on chrome.
ectospheno 6mo ago
Worked for me just now on mobile safari. You get the cloudflare human test but I just clicked the box and was in. This was despite accessing the site while vpn’d from home and using multiple adblockers.
itopaloglu83 6mo ago
Maybe it’s the blocking of 3rd party cookies, because I experience similar issues with Chrome on desktop from time to time.

masfuerte 6mo ago

Here's an alternative source: https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-tractor-with-12-valve-cummins-and-zero-electronics-goes-back-to-the-basics https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-tractor-with-12-valve-cumm...

dev_hugepages 6mo ago

On HN, I often see comments like this, complaining about Cloudflare blocking access to pages. It makes me wonder if it’s due to a particular setup that triggers bot detection – like Tor or no-JS – that HN readers often use, or if Cloudflare has too many false positives.

rconti 6mo ago
I don't have that _particular_ problem, but I often gripe about how no website seems to be able to remember that I've used this device before ... ... and only briefly pause to wonder if it's because of all the anti-cookie, anti-tracking stuff in Safari.
ai-x 6mo ago
Non-Chrome browsers constantly require Robot check
itopaloglu83 6mo ago
I think it's aggressive user profiling, so anyone with a hint of privacy is not welcomed. I can't imagine this getting any better with Chrome MCP and other tools.

dunham 6mo ago

The other day they blocked me from accessing Kagi's web site because I was using Kagi's web browser.

huijzer 6mo ago

Those tests are funny in a way because we as humans have to prove that we’re human to a robot

boplicity 6mo ago

Cloudflare is increasingly a problem in terms of blocking huge geographic regions, often without the website operators even being aware this is happening. All in the name of "security."

throwa356262 6mo ago
Well, at least you are not in Spain. https://community.cloudflare.com/t/website-inaccessible-from-spain-possible-regional-block-on-cloudflare-ips/883954 https://community.cloudflare.com/t/website-inaccessible-from...
- throwaway85825 6mo ago
  The Spanish government no longer had to care about the consequences of their actions since they found a new voting block.
  - origin_ 6mo ago
    I'm not familiar with spanish politics, care to explain?
    - throwaway85825 6mo ago
      They just gave millions of foreigners the ability to vote for the government.
      - origin_ 6mo ago
        a quick search suggests that's just for municipal elections. As I understand the football internet blackouts are national government policy not municipal?
        throwaway85825 6mo ago
        Regularization is a national policy. Soon to be followed by a shortened pathway to citizenship.

codazoda 6mo ago

Yeah, I also wanted to comment on this, though I think it’s technically against the rules. I hit this first on my VPN, so I disconnected, then got asked again from my home wifi. I dunno why I look like a bot to Cloudflare. I hate these prompts and it’s too bad they’re all over the web.

HoldOnAMinute 6mo ago

Coming soon: This article requires Age Verification. Please hold up your passport to the sensor on your device to continue.

OsrsNeedsf2P 6mo ago

Try a browser MCP and ask it to bypass the captcha. Works for me most of the time

bashkiddie 6mo ago

I second this. Clownflare is agressively blocking: Fennec v149.0.2 - Germany

pocksuppet 6mo ago

"The myth of consensual website use" User: "I consent" Website: "I consent" Cloudflare: "I don't" Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?