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Cloudflare criticized for captcha-protected RSS feed

Cloudflare's decision to place its RSS feed behind a captcha has been criticized as an ineffective and user-unfriendly measure. The author argues that such captchas are a "disease" and that "AI bots" can easily bypass them, rendering the security measure pointless. This approach is seen as a barrier to accessing information, particularly for users and automated systems alike. AI

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Cloudflare criticized for captcha-protected RSS feed

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · 8xk40367 ·

    # Cloudflare captchas are an insidious disease* but how stupid do you have to be to put your # RSS feed behind a captcha? Seriously folks, “Verify you are human

    # Cloudflare captchas are an insidious disease* but how stupid do you have to be to put your # RSS feed behind a captcha? Seriously folks, “Verify you are human" just says “go away”. To everybody. * And of course today's # AI bots just laugh at the captcha anyway.