Why did I just get a splash screen that said "Verifying Browser"

[ZZenith]

After clicking on a post about China hacking the Republicans?

Never seen that before and it didn’t look like DU-style graphics. Anyone else seeing this?

[mwmisses4289]

1. It happens to me quite often.

It seems random, usually if I have been on DU for an extended amount of time. Usually only happens once every few days.

[bamagal62]

2. I get it as well

Occasionally. And, not only with DU.

[Beartracks]

3. Seen that, too. Might be related to DU's ad server...?

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[ZZenith]

4. That makes sense.

Thanks.

[Mountainguy]

5. I've ran into it before

probably just DDOS protection.

[usonian]

6. It's DU's cloudflare hacker prevention layer.

Neighbors of yours been behaving badly?

They might be suspicious of an entire address range if you're on the same general network as someone whose computer has been taken over and is doing "bot" things. Just guessing. I retired just before the internet went to complete hell.

It was OK while I was managing stuff.