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Got a weird "verifying browser" message when posting just now (Original Post) orangecrush Mar 5 OP
Happens occasionally. It's DU Cloudflare protection doing a routine check. Eugene Mar 5 #1
Thanks orangecrush Mar 6 #5
I've gotten those dweller Mar 5 #2
cannot speak directly to the DU thing stopdiggin Mar 5 #3
Ya, thought it odd as well. a kennedy Mar 6 #4
It comes up about once or twice a week for me. mwmisses4289 Mar 6 #6

Eugene

(64,125 posts)
1. Happens occasionally. It's DU Cloudflare protection doing a routine check.
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:47 PM
Mar 5

DU and other high profile sites use Cloudflare to protect against
denial of service attacks. It was checking if you are human.
It does that for me every once in a while. No cause for concern.

dweller

(26,158 posts)
2. I've gotten those
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:48 PM
Mar 5

If I’m quick enough I hit reload and it reloads page without that popup reloading

No idea where it comes from

✌🏻

stopdiggin

(13,524 posts)
3. cannot speak directly to the DU thing
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:50 PM
Mar 5

But a lot of websites ARE getting fairly persnickety about browsers and settings, etc. I've noticed problems where there were never any before ...

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