Internet is no longer accessible?

15•cute_boi•1h ago

- There are tons of CAPTCHAs, and many of them are impossible to solve even with real chrome and no adblock extension. - Every website is asking for 2FA, and I get logged out every time. - MFA codes sent to my phone do not seem to work properly. - Registering a new Google account requires a phone number, and I also need to install app to prove i am not a bot. - Websites are asking me to rotate my head and grant microphone access. - Website blocks copy paste, so you have to manually type everything .... - Banking application will force you to update even if it isn't security related. - Everyone assumes you are bot.

Comments

ericmay•1h ago

> Banking application will force you to update even if it isn't security related.

This is fine. Not sure how that’s related to the rest of your post.

But for the rest of your post I agree with what you wrote. If a website is even vaguely annoying I just stop visiting. It seems like product managers forgot that friction is an issue. I can’t even access my ISP’s own website and get blocked by Cloudflare.

jruohonen•1h ago

> Cloudflare

Recently I noticed that many have broken their RSS feeds too by putting the feeds behind this CDN too.

benoau•1h ago

I worry about what would happen if CloudFlare decided I was an adversary, a massive amount of the internet would become completely inaccessible if I couldn't get past their annoying gateway!

JKCalhoun•25m ago

I'm increasingly okay with that.

Like mom turning off the TV because I should be out running around.

benoau•9m ago

It's not always frivolous stuff, like Upwork puts CloudFlare over searching and applying for work.

gregdaniels421•44m ago

It is part of what seems like a loosely coordinated effort to get verified platforms to be standard. Like device attestation so we can be more easily surveilled.

One odd thing with cloudflare is most sites are fine, and I click the box, but for some reason I go to some sites and they claim I have been blocked for bot like activity, which seems weird since it should be the same filter from the same provider.

trickypr•24m ago

Cloudflare isn’t just as simple as “bot” or “not a bot”. They give customers categories of how likely a request is to be automated (or a number for some enterprise plans)[1] and the customer decides what happens to your request (nothing, challenge, block, run a worker, etc).

[1]: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/#b...

vivzkestrel•7m ago

- step 1: modify cookie laws to target browsers https://nednex.com/en/the-internets-biggest-annoyance-why-co...

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