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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Oh Gawd - Now MX Linux "Security Verification" - NO !!!
Date: 16 Aug 2026 18:54:35 GMT
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On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:47:41 -0400, c186282 wrote:

> WHO told them to do this ???
> 
> No, I'm NOT gonna comply.
> 
> If the Pixie Girl or equivs appear I *instantly*
> quit.
> 
> Evil !

So a 2 second CAPTCHA 3 a website uses to protect against malicious 
attacks ruins your entire day? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare#DDoS_mitigation

I hate to tell you but I think your world is going to shrink. I didn't hit 
the verification with Brave on two different machines. I think that's 
because I'd been there before and they'd dropped a cookie. OMG cookies!