R.Wieser wrote:
Just tried with a profile that has never visited that website.˙ SameDo you have a static IP address? If so try with a VPN ...
error.
Hello all,
I just clicked an old (2023), stored shortcut(1), and was told "Sorry, you have been blocked".
The explanation on that page was that "There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.", which tells me nothing. *Especially* as I used a once-good *stored* URL.
Heck, I even get the same error trying to access the forums root page(2)
Can anyone tell me whats going on ?
(1)
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=188113 https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=338677
(2)
https://forums.raspberrypi.com
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
have you tried clearing cache and/or cookies?
Try with a blank test profile in your browser?
Andy,
have you tried clearing cache and/or cookies?
The cache has been, in between then and now, cleared a few times. Cookies are discarded (all of them) when I close my browser. History has been cleaned up a few times too.
Try with a blank test profile in your browser?
Just tried with a profile that has never visited that website. Same error.
Sounds like anti-AI-bot protections that websites are using nowadays.
Perhaps your IP or IP range got blocked for some reason.
Give a while and try again.
Just tried with a profile that has never visited that website. Same
error.
Do you have a static IP address? If so try with a VPN ...
But I think I found a likely cause. Do you ever visit websites which demand you should disable ad-blockers - that you do not have ? And when inspecting the page source its just some crap that gets removed with a bit of
Javascript ?
It looks like thats the cause : My browser doesn't do JS, so all that I see is initial 403 page - which only gets replaced when a bit of JS causes a navigation to another webpage :
( /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js )
Oh well, another website down the drain. ?
But, if you think that you know what that blurb is actually trying to point at and suggests to remedy the situation than don't hold back and tell me.
Firefox 149 has a builtin free VPN.
...In that case I expect something better than an it-could-be-anything
rejection.
If they believe your IP is a bad'n, why would they give you any extra information which might enable you to circumvent their block?
I've never used a VPN, and have no wish to start paying for one
Me neither (except for workplace VPNs)
but firefox and opera may allow you to use a free VPN?
( /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js )
From cloudflare?
Theo,
Sounds like anti-AI-bot protections that websites are using nowadays.
Thats part of the problem : I used a stored shortcut, meaning that whatever
I send them is what they gave me.
On 01/04/2026 15:09, R.Wieser wrote:
But I think I found a likely cause.˙ Do you ever visit websites whichWhy oi earth do you not use one that does?
demand
you should disable ad-blockers - that you do not have ?˙ And when
inspecting
the page source its just some crap that gets removed with a bit of
Javascript ?
It looks like thats the cause : My browser doesn't do JS, so all that
I see
is initial 403 page - which only gets replaced when a bit of JS causes a
navigation to another webpage :
( /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js )
Oh well, another website down the drain. ?
Oh well, another old timer left by the wayside.
Like it or not javascript is as essential these days as HTML and CSS.
In that case I expect something better than an it-could-be-anything rejection.
Hello all,
I just clicked an old (2023), stored shortcut(1), and was told "Sorry, you have been blocked".
You have been told how to check for both,
Now fuck off and stop moaning
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