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by tjoff 1479 days ago
Well, cloudfare seems to be doing it to combat bots.

We actually managed to invent something even worse than passwords. Incredible.

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Why are you so negative about this? It works pretty well as an authentication mechanism. Unlike passwords, it can't be leaked or phished.

As for Cloudflare use, it's an experimental hack. An option to avoid filling in a CAPTCHA in case you have a compatible hardware key. You don't have to have one, and you don't have to use it for this if you don't want to.