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Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by yetihehe on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:12AM (#30056112)
I never do. Maybe you or something on your computer or network is the problem?
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by capableweb on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:18AM (#30056150)
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.
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by Godel_unicode on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:40AM (#30060047)
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.
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by can16358p on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:59AM (#30056547)
Nope. Just being in some country (in my case Turkey) is perfectly enought to be geoblocked.
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by raxxorrax on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:48AM (#30056438)
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.
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by can16358p on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:00AM (#30056561)
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.
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by jtbayly on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:29AM (#30057327)
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.
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by zelphirkalt on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:01AM (#30056581)
And so Cloudflare becomes an enemy of privacy?
Re:I got pwned by my cloud costs by humpydumpy on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:36AM (#30058065)
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.