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0 pointsyetihehe4y ago0 comments

I never do. Maybe you or something on your computer or network is the problem?

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Usually it's because they live in a different country than what people consider the "Western World" or something like that. When I'm in Europe, I don't see that page very often, unless in Eastern Europe. But if I'm in Asia, Africa or Central/South America, then I encounter that page all the time.

Godel_unicode4y ago

Fwiw, this is an option that many people configure for themselves in cloudflare. Some security people love recommending using IP geo-blocking as a good tactic for hardening systems.

can16358p4y ago

Nope. Just being in some country (in my case Turkey) is perfectly enought to be geoblocked.

raxxorrax4y ago

If you configured your client to hide enough information, Cloudflare tends to believe you are a threat. VPN users probably have that problem a lot more.

can16358p4y ago

You don't have to hide any information. I don't hide any information and still get blocked because of the country I reside in.

jtbayly4y ago

Yeah, but even if you’re in an “acceptable” country you get blocked if you care about privacy. The point is that CF often blocks people.

zelphirkalt4y ago

And so Cloudflare becomes an enemy of privacy?

humpydumpy4y ago

exactly. I care about privacy, and I do see that page often. Sometimes it helps to send a non-empty useragent string, or to enable javascript. Most of the time I just close the tab.

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capableweb4y ago

Godel_unicode4y ago

Fwiw, this is an option that many people configure for themselves in cloudflare. Some security people love recommending using IP geo-blocking as a good tactic for hardening systems.

can16358p4y ago

Nope. Just being in some country (in my case Turkey) is perfectly enought to be geoblocked.

raxxorrax4y ago

If you configured your client to hide enough information, Cloudflare tends to believe you are a threat. VPN users probably have that problem a lot more.

can16358p4y ago

You don't have to hide any information. I don't hide any information and still get blocked because of the country I reside in.

jtbayly4y ago

Yeah, but even if you’re in an “acceptable” country you get blocked if you care about privacy. The point is that CF often blocks people.

zelphirkalt4y ago

And so Cloudflare becomes an enemy of privacy?

humpydumpy4y ago

exactly. I care about privacy, and I do see that page often. Sometimes it helps to send a non-empty useragent string, or to enable javascript. Most of the time I just close the tab.

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