A new form of state-level internet filtering that restricts data flow is disrupting access to large portions of the global web for Russian citizens. Cloudflare, the world leader in DDoS protection and high-traffic load management, is being targeted by these new data caps, which appear designed to push users toward Russian-controlled services. Meanwhile, the move leaves Russian businesses dangerously exposed.
Care to expand on that? Why are captchas bad?
Because they are anti-vpn and thus anti-privacy.
Sorry, I assumed this was already common knowledge. There’s another thread fork from a comment.
Tl;dr they’re not good at their purpose and cause unneeded annoyance to users.
Idk man, I’ve seen hundreds of examples showcasing how they significantly reduce bot traffic. The point isn’t to make it impossible for a bot to get past it, it’s to make it so expensive per request that it’s not worth it.
I’m not saying the effect on bot traffic is none
Agree
And the cloudflare ones are broken as fuck. It varies but I often just can’t pass them. Answer it, wheel goes round and then back to having to tick it and start again. Beep boop.
If I see a cloudflare check I often just don’t bother loading the site at all.
Yeah cloudflare gets a similar reaction as a paywall. Fuck this site, I’ll go somewhere else
Why is this bad
Wasting time on useless obstacles is bad
The obstacles serve a specific purpose though. Do you believe this purpose is unimportant?
As usual, the purpose doesn’t justify the means. The goal could and should be achieved without this nonsense
How so?
These active captchas instead of methods not visible to the user are worse at hindering nefarious use than regular
They’re meant to prevent bot traffic to sites and protect from DDOS attacks
Except that bots already have a higher pass rate than humans, so the captcha isn’t even good at preventing bots.