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by octoberfranklin 3 days ago
BBP;DR (Broken Bot Protection; Didn't Read)

Loops forever at

blog.adafruit.com Performing security verification This website uses a security service to protect against malicious bots. This page is displayed while the website verifies you are not a bot.

3 comments

I never understood this. You can pass turnstile challenges on tor browser in a linux/windows VM, of all things. What unusual browser config are people using to trigger a block?
I frequently see the problem on Android running Brave with default filters. Unsure on cause - I just give up.
I use a DPRK VPN
Is it actually in DPRK, or an unscrupulous operator that hosts the server outside DPRK, but hosts a puts fake information in the whois/geofeed?
It was a silly joke. I don't know of any provider real or take that offers North Korean IPs, and I suspect that roughly meets demand.
Passing the security verification succeeded for me (firefox on a mac, with ublock origin).
> Loops forever

And so it should, given:

> while the website verifies you are not a bot.

is impossible to complete.