[tor-bugs] #18361 [Tor Browser]: Issues with corporate censorship and mass surveillance

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#18361: Issues with corporate censorship and mass surveillance
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 Reporter:  ioerror                       |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                          |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                   |        Version:
 Severity:  Critical                      |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  security, privacy, anonymity  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                |         Points:
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Comment (by jgrahamc):

 Replying to [comment:194 samlanning]:
 > (I've written this up in more detail as a blog post over at
 https://samlanning.com/blog/the_tor_cloudflare_problem/ that I'd love
 critique on).

 I don't think this improves the situation. It doesn't help for non-human
 User-Agent (such as legitimate bots, apps and anything calling an API).
 The right solution is for us to start applying our attack detection
 technologies to Tor traffic and not make the first layer of defence the
 CAPTCHA.

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