That may sound preferable to clicking every square containing a traffic light, but it also means Cloudflare is gathering a much broader picture of how visitors behave on a website.
Traditional bot protection tends to focus on specific moments. A visitor may face a challenge while logging in, creating an account, or completing a purchase. Once that challenge is passed, the rest of the browsing session may receive less attention.
Edit: a lot of popular Lemmy instances use cloudflare instead of annubis. I’m not sure what this specific instance uses.
The product in this article (Precursor) is not the same as what Lemmy instances use (Turnstile). Turnstile uses the same cryptographic proof-of-work puzzle as Anubis and does not track any of these other metrics. If you see a CAPTCHA-style “Verified” message with Cloudflare’s logo, you’re seeing Turnstile, not Precursor.
Edit: a lot of popular Lemmy instances use cloudflare instead of annubis. I’m not sure what this specific instance uses.
The product in this article (Precursor) is not the same as what Lemmy instances use (Turnstile). Turnstile uses the same cryptographic proof-of-work puzzle as Anubis and does not track any of these other metrics. If you see a CAPTCHA-style “Verified” message with Cloudflare’s logo, you’re seeing Turnstile, not Precursor.
It’s an enterprise product, for now. I suppose that depends on how deep pockets are.