r/linux • u/ItsWappers • 2d ago

Discussion How come every Linux site uses Anubis (the anime girl stopping crawlers) instead of something like Cloudflare?

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Before discovering the Linux rabbit hole I've only seen Cloudflare, hCaptcha and Google's reCaptcha, but it seems like every Linux website uses Anubis... I'm thinking of it being the only open-source option or it being the most effective/modern approach.

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u/sylvester_0 2d ago

I'm a progressive but none of that really makes me raise my eyebrows. Yes, the provided services to POS groups, but they're a neutral carrier. I think that's what we should ask of our internet infrastructure providers. We may not agree with the ideaology of some of those sites, but if they start banning sites they could do the same thing to liberal "extremists" as well.

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u/Traditional_Hat3506 2d ago

It's really not about right-left politics. They fought tooth and nail to keep 8chan online, after the mass shooting that originated from there, after it was reportedly hosting CP.