Verifying I am Human?

[Abigail4476]

This was a recent addition by me. I hate to have to use it, but we've had a major issue with bots and need the extra security in place for the time being.

 

[sandyut]

This was a recent addition by me. I hate to have to use it, but we've had a major issue with bots and need the extra security in place for the time being.

thanks for keeping us safe.

 

[rjob]

Understand the need for additional security. Will the failed handshake disappear once Cloudfare is "adjusted "?

 

[Count Porcula]

Sorry for telling Muse to index all your content and write unrealistically-witty replies for me.

 

[SmokinAussie]

The thing is I try to safe too, hence not using a browser that is a data miner.

I'll check the suggestions here and see how that goes.

Oh yeah. I never said I was human, but when I click the button then I'm not a bot either.

Bill

 

[KonaRich]

The thing is I try to safe too, hence not using a browser that is a data miner.

I'll check the suggestions here and see how that goes.

Oh yeah. I never said I was human, but when I click the button then I'm not a bot either.

Bill

Firefox can mine all my data it wants. It's worthless, anyway. No one, not even data miners, care about 2 old retired gits living in the rural boonies of an out-island in the middle of the Pacific. :D

 

[Brokenhandle]

7 members currently on, 2423 guests... so probably about 2400 bots online!

 

[SmokinAussie]

Well just checking in here again on Chrome as I can't access this at all on Helium.

Now I have to verify I am human on Chrome as well? At least it thinks I am human. Not to mention my VPN is turned off just to say "G'Day"?

Getting as we say it in DownSide Up Land... "A bit sh!t".

Hopefully SMF can work this out.

Bill

 

[normanaj]

Cloudflare isn't browser specific, you'll encounter this verification with any browser. But Chromium based browsers have issues with the Cloudflare verification process on this site and many others.

Firefox is built on Gecko so I'd suggest looking into a privacy based browser like Librewolf as an alternative to Helium which is built on Chromium and still considered to be in beta status.

Welcome to the brave new world of AI bots. These types of verifications aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[normanaj]

Clouflare is still a hell of a lot better than reCaptcha, imagine how many bicycles,crosswalks,stairs or buses you'd have to click on!

 

[in. pred]

yea ive stayed away because of it. site is way laggy too. not as user friendly as used to be so......

 

[SmokinAussie]

Righto, well maybe some further personal research is required.

I like Helium. It is Opaque.

Old hand at Firefox. Not for 15 years though.

Librewolf? Sounds like a Linux browser? Worth a look too I suppose.

Just not today.

 

[SmokinAussie]

Well a month later I seem to be able to get access with Helium and no bullshit.

Hopefully it will stay that way

Bill

 

[Abigail4476]

Well a month later I seem to be able to get access with Helium and no bullshit.

Hopefully it will stay that way

Bill

I took some of the security rules back off, and our php has been updated as there was a hole in the fence that needed to be patched (thanks to @bmudd14474 ). Fingers crossed that the bot issue will fade.

 

[normanaj]

I took some of the security rules back off, and our php has been updated as there was a hole in the fence that needed to be patched (thanks to bmudd14474 ). Fingers crossed that the bot issue will fade.

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Patience is a virtue.

Php was a real issue for the majority of web hosts.

And for those using Chromium based browsers you were going to have issues regardless as stated in several other threads mostly by myself explaining that Chromium based browsers,especially privacy based like Helium,were going to have problems. At the time switching over to a Gecko based privacy browser like Librewolf would've solved your issue until mitigation was put into place.

And once again and stated for the 100th time...welcome to the brave new world of AI bots.

@Abigail4476 It might be time to put this thread and any others dealing with this topic to sleep for good.