From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   candycanearter07  wrote:   
   > Rich  wrote at 13:10 this Wednesday (GMT):   
   >> 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   
   >   
   >   
   > Cloudflare captchas are very annoying, it completely broke a   
   > webscraping script I used :(   
      
   Which is, actually, the entire *point* of a captcha, to stop web   
   scrapers.   
      
   > Also I want to use NoScript   
      
   Then go ahead and do so.  But for certian sites you want to actually   
   use, you'll have to enable enough JS to get at least the minimum   
   workinng.  My NoScript setup has lots of exceptions for the sites I   
   need to use (bank, etc.) that won't work otherwise without some of the   
   JS turned on (as much as I'd prefer they worked with no JS, I can't   
   convince them of that fact when 99.8% of their clients run browsers   
   with JS turned on at all times).   
      
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