From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   > Rich  wrote:   
   >> Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   >>> Damn, I've been using it more and more as JS-walls have become more   
   >>> frequent and prevent me reading pages in lightweight web browsers   
   >>> without JS support. In fact it's about the only thing I use Google   
   >>> for!   
   >>   
   >> This one works pretty well for /most/ paywalls: https://archive.is/   
   >   
   > Thanks, yes that has the article. It wasn't actually behind a   
   > paywall, but using one of these cache services like Cloudflare that   
   > can block access from browsers without Javascript saying something   
   > like "Enable Javascript and cookies to continue". I thought   
   > "JS-wall" was a good term for it since the effect is like a paywal,   
   > only they demand you run their JS rather than demand payment.   
      
   Ah, those.  The term you are searching for is "capatcha" [1], at least   
   in the 'cloudfare' case.  They are, supposedly, to prevent bots from   
   scraping/DDOSing the site.  However, an awful lot of sites add them   
   either because they decide to "go cloudfare" (in a belief they are big   
   and popular enough to justify such) or simply because the web devs are   
   idiots that just "follow the herd" and because they see caapatcha's   
   else where, they add one here.   
      
      
   [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA   
      
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