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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by inetknght on Thursday September 25, 2025 @03:04PM (#45377384)
> Being blocked from a web site and having to hit a little box are two different things.

Maybe for you.

But I don't let random unvetted websites run code on my computer. Checking that box requires it.

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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by tick_tock_tick on Thursday September 25, 2025 @03:24PM (#45377682)
So you're blocking yourself? Seems really disingenuous to imply it's someone's fault when you know it's your own.
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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by oasisaimlessly on Thursday September 25, 2025 @03:39PM (#45377916)
Why do you keep hitting yourself? Hahah

--childhood bullies

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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by GoblinSlayer on Thursday September 25, 2025 @06:33PM (#45380107)
Due to implementation chosen by Cloudflare, allowing Cloudflare also allows the proxied website to run code, because Cloudflare blends with it, but why the proxied website should be trusted if the challenge is served by Cloudflare?
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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by inetknght on Friday September 26, 2025 @11:48PM (#45393082)
> So you're blocking yourself?

That's like saying that you're blocking yourself when installing an adblocker.

No, it's for safety and hygiene.

> Seems really disingenuous to imply it's someone's fault

That's because it is. I didn't make the web and I don't work on websites. But I have to deal with it because some fucking dumbasses decided they wanted to save some server cycles by offloading all the hard work onto the client and ruining internet safety in the process, while also offloading the cost of power and performance onto users.

So if disabling javascript is what's needed to keep my safety? So be it. If it breaks some asshats' websites, then they're websites I don't want to use anyway.

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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by Biganon on Friday September 26, 2025 @02:54AM (#45383552)
May I ask what the risk is with letting websites run JS on your computer?
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Re:Cloudflare Email Service: private beta by GoblinSlayer on Friday September 26, 2025 @06:01AM (#45384708)
The constant flow of js vulnerabilities in browsers. Also misbehaving scripts.
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