XPost: alt.computer.workshop, alt.windows7.general   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Dec 24, 2025 at 12:15:52 PM MST, ""J. P. Gilliver"" wrote   
   <10ihe58$nis2$9@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On 2025/12/24 17:4:43, VanguardLH wrote:   
   >> "J. P. Gilliver"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> ... on some others I get the "please wait while we check you're a   
   >>> human", or similar wording, from cloudflare, which then connects me   
   >>> to those sites after a few seconds.   
   >>   
   >> Those, even if only a checkbox you click, are looking for behaviors   
   >> (events) exhibited by humans visiting a web site versus bots or web   
   >> crawlers trying to harvest content, or zombied hosts attempting DDOS   
   >> (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks.  The site assaults their good   
   >> visitors with anti-bot/DDOS/webcrawl filtering.   
   >>   
   >> Their CAPTCHA could be a simple checkbox you click, and they'll notice   
   >> it takes you time to move your mouse to click on it versus a bot that   
   >> instantly clicks on the checkbox.  Could be "match the tiles" on some   
   >> common theme, like all tiles with bicycles, or you drag a tile to fill   
   >> in a jigsaw picture, or you solve a math formula.  The site assaults you   
   >> with interferrence trying to protect themself from bots, web crawlers,   
   >> and DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks.  They're hoping to   
   >> protect their site to keep it responsive to real visitors by   
   >> interferring with accessing the site by bots, but it is interferrence to   
   >> their good visitors, too.  In effect, it is a weak form of requiring all   
   >> visitors to login before the site delivers its content.   
   >   
   > Sometimes they're a "pick the pictures" (often with an American word,   
   > like "crosswalk"), sometimes they're just a tickbox (where yes, they can   
   > track your mouse); sometimes, they don't require you to do _anything_,   
   > they just "decide" you're human after a few seconds. Not sure how they   
   > can use your action - or lack thereof! - to decide how human you are.   
      
   They look to see if you are moving the mouse pointer in a human-like way.   
      
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