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Got a weird "verifying browser" message when posting just now (Original Post) orangecrush Mar 2025 OP
Happens occasionally. It's DU Cloudflare protection doing a routine check. Eugene Mar 2025 #1
Thanks orangecrush Mar 2025 #5
I've gotten those dweller Mar 2025 #2
cannot speak directly to the DU thing stopdiggin Mar 2025 #3
Ya, thought it odd as well. a kennedy Mar 2025 #4
It comes up about once or twice a week for me. mwmisses4289 Mar 2025 #6

Eugene

(65,297 posts)
1. Happens occasionally. It's DU Cloudflare protection doing a routine check.
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:47 PM
Mar 2025

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

(26,647 posts)
2. I've gotten those
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:48 PM
Mar 2025

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

No idea where it comes from

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stopdiggin

(13,841 posts)
3. cannot speak directly to the DU thing
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:50 PM
Mar 2025

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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