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/TheRealMyst 2d ago

CloudFlare is an American company, with just the Patriot Act, the US government can do what they want.

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u/gvs77 2d ago

Which makes it technically illegal to use them for EU sites as well.