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I have seen very painfully long proof of work demands by Anubis on thebrainbin.org… not sure if that is triggered by a Tor exit node IP. Now I get access denied from Anubis, for the first time ever, when visiting quokk.au. Hope it’s not going to become a trend.
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When so many attacks come from for exit nodes why are you shocked that your genuine requests are treated like a threat?
Why would you suggest shock? Incompetence is not shocking. But sometimes putting a spotlight on it is useful.
Just as some CAPTCHA services refuse to send puzzles arbitrarily to a demographic of people in a collective punishment fashion, demonstrating its own failure to use it’s own technology to separate ham from spam is interesting. In the same way, this proof of work tech is demonstrating its own incompetence.
You’d have a lot more sympathy if you weren’t coming across like an ass tossing around unwarranted accusations of incompetence.
It’s not sympathy that I ask for. It is actually that people recognize that this form of enshitification is that of incompetence. Incompetence is the thesis (thus warranted). When a CAPTCHA or proof of work tool resorts to sloppy reputation-based logic, it defeats its own purpose of obtaining a more accurate result.
As far as “coming across like an ass”, that’s exactly what I see when someone says “conform like everyone else”. “Use the clearnet, and use a mainstream browser”. That is very much being a dick. Or if you are referring to my response to the accusation that I was “shocked”, that is on its own a false statement designed to imply ignorance.
When a CAPTCHA or proof of work tool
That’s not what Anubis is. They’re an anti-bot firewall. You’re the one who decided they’re something they aren’t.
Marketing works wonders on people. My devices are doing a lot of work when Anubis presents, to produce what you claim is not a proof-of-work, that is for some reason a barrier to entry. “Firewall” vaguely refers to perimeter security – not even web-specific. If you think my browser is just waiting around for for an open slot, this does not explain the time lapse consistency. Please explain why “Calculating…Difficulty: 6,…Speed: …kH/s” is presented, if this is not a proof-of-work. Looks like kilohashes to me.
Anubis is a software intended to stop bots that uses proof-of-work as one of the tools in its toolkit. That is different from it being a proof-of-work tool.
This is a fallacy of division. It encompasses a proof of work tool. Yet it fails to use it properly to get better accuracy. It doesn’t matter how many tools are in that toolkit. They are not being used sensibly.
If you have better ideas pull up your keyboard and start coding.
But if your just gonna complain without any ideas on how to improve, how can you judge competence?
Welcome to the internet. Where threats are fucking g everywhere masking as everything.
But if your just gonna complain without any ideas on how to improve, how can you judge competence?
Not my job.
You don’t need to be a car mechanic to know when a car is broken. It’s wildly arrogant to tell someone at the receiving end of broken tech that they should shut up and stop complaining. That they must be a skater kid if they don’t supply their bug report with a pull request (nevermind that soliciting ideas is part of problem solving) – while at the same time claiming that code is an option if they don’t know enough (in your view) to spot incompetence.
And you make these cognitive dissonance-driven self-contradictory claims without stating how it is competent to build a proof of work system that resorts to IP reputation or user-agent reputation.
So you do something that makes you look like an attacker, and then get mad when your seen as an attacker.
Your own post calla the developer incompetent. How can you judge that?
Because you did everything an attacker would, and then blamed everyone else.
This isnt a failure, this is a website saying your not welcome. Just like that mechanic shop will tell you when you try an pay in foreign currency. Its not their problem how you connect.
Your not some untechy person here. You intentionally did something strange and indistinguishable from an attacker, and are mad your not accepted for doing so.
So you do something that makes you look like an attacker
Choosing to run Ungoogled Chromium is an act of self-defense. It’s also a personal choice for several reasons that are apparently beyond your comprehension. I will not apologize for that. Fuck anyone who advocates for conformity and playing the boot-licking pushover.
and then get mad when your seen as an attacker.
Collective punishment at the expense of human rights is not justified. But to understand that, you first must appreciate the human right to autonomy and privacy.
Your own post calla the developer incompetent. How can you judge that?
If you cannot understand the purpose of proof of work, I am not going to write an essay here so you can understand what that means, or how it differs the crude technique of discriminating on appearance and reputation factors.
Because you did everything an attacker would, and then blamed everyone else.
“because you wore a red shirt as you entered the shop just like yesterday’s shoplifter, you should expect to get kicked out – and stop blaming others. Wear a different colored shirt!”
Why do you feel like you have a right to content?
You don’t.
Its not collective punishment. All you have to do is do a normal http request directly. I bet if you turn off tor, itll work.
The website as self defense has blocked for traffic. A business can decide their customers too.
Ffs, it could just be the website down.
Why do you feel like you have a right to content?
This is a strawman. You did not hear that claim from me.
Its not collective punishment. All you have to do is do a normal http request directly.
Moving someone outside of the collectively punished group does not make the collective punishment non-existent.
I bet if you turn off tor, itll work.
You can only guess and test because it’s a non-transparent design.
The website as self defense has blocked for traffic. A business can decide their customers too.
Of course. Rightfully so. No one contests their power over their own assets.
Ffs, it could just be the website down.
Sure. Of course a transparent design would be useful.