Re:Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement with FIDO2/WebAuthn is a...
by fivre on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:03PM
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Cloudflare's customers request and then enable those features. Cloudflare itself doesn't give a damn about that traffic; they have bandwidth to spare. They will, however, happily sell tools to people that do care.
That isn't to say that the customers are savvy and have a good understanding of different types of automated traffic and which automated traffic is harmful and which is benign. Many have a quite naive understanding that doesn't extend beyond "bots = bad, unless it's Google" and dial protection settings to the max for no good reason.
That isn't to say that the customers are savvy and have a good understanding of different types of automated traffic and which automated traffic is harmful and which is benign. Many have a quite naive understanding that doesn't extend beyond "bots = bad, unless it's Google" and dial protection settings to the max for no good reason.