[Privoxy-devel] Non-free CAPTCHA on mirror (was: Privoxy 3.0.28 mirror)

[Fabian Keil]

Fabian Keil <fk at fabiankeil.de> wrote on 2020-12-17:

> "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2020-12-17:
> 
> > On Thu, 17 Dec 2020, at 08:31, Fabian Keil wrote:
> > > "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2020-12-17:
>  
> > > > Could you help me understand what 'completing a non-free capture'
> > > > means? I'm not a Tor user and some brief Web searching didn't turn
> > > > up any useful hits. I'll for sure disable it if I can! 
> > > 
> > > Here's a screenshot:
> > > https://www.fabiankeil.de/bilder/screenshots/firefox/silvester.org.uk-privoxy-mirror-capture.png
> > > 
> > > The "confirmation" requires non-free JavaScript,
> > > probably Cookies and a lot of patience.

As it turns out the proper spelling for the annoyance
I was referring to is "CAPTCHA" which probably explains
why there were no useful hits.

> > Ouch. I apparently do have some configuration freedom for this though
> > apparently limited to file-based attacks not 'suspicious' source IPs. Try it now?
> 
> It seems to be working for me now.

Looks like I just got lucky. I just received:

| We have noticed an unusual activity from your IP
| 185.220.102.246 and blocked access to this website. 
|
| Please confirm that you are not a robot

Fabian
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