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Cloudflare blocking Pale Moon and other browsers with smaller user bases (www.theregister.com)
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[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're definitely right that it's a game of one-upping each other. Unfortunately, it's now directed in a path that infringes on privacy of the users it aims to serve.

Since you're working in the internet security industry, what's your take on something like Altcha as opposed to more invasive means of protecting against both attacks?

[–] SerotoninSwells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trust me, my team and I often feel at odds with the part that infringes on privacy. As someone that enjoys and wants more privacy, I wish there were other solutions that didn't create a type of dragnet. If it assuages some of your fears, I've never heard of the fingerprinting being sold or used outside of detections.

ALTCHA uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect your website, apps, APIs, and online services from spam and unwanted content.

Unlike other solutions, ALTCHA’s Captcha alternative is free, open-source and self-hosted, does not use cookies nor fingerprinting, does not track users.

Emphasis are mine. I honestly do not know how this statement is possible. Captcha-less, proof-of-work solutions have to fingerprint on some level. It's essentially having the browser prove it is what it claims to be. I get what they're trying to say but it's marketing. That said, I don't know everything and maybe they have some method I'm not aware of. Grains of salt all around.

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I definitely understand. That's good to hear there hasn't been a direct pipeline to selling fingerprint data established yet.

Thanks for checking it out. Hopefully there is a best of both worlds in what they are advertising but I get that technology isn't magic either.