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The 16‑kilobyte curtain. How Russia’s new data‑capping censorship is throttling Cloudflare (zona.media)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Care to expand on that? Why are captchas bad?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Because they are anti-vpn and thus anti-privacy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not saying the effect on bot traffic is none

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah cloudflare gets a similar reaction as a paywall. Fuck this site, I'll go somewhere else