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The 16‑kilobyte curtain. How Russia’s new data‑capping censorship is throttling Cloudflare (zona.media)

submitted 3 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] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As usual, the purpose doesn't justify the means. The goal could and should be achieved without this nonsense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How so?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

These active captchas instead of methods not visible to the user are worse at hindering nefarious use than regular human use

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

What’s regular?