Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?!

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 03:13:48PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I tried to look something up on packages.debian.org and I got an error
> page saying I needed to enable JS.  Then after I had enabled JS (which
> I normally have disabled) I got an error page from Fastly saying I
> needed to enable cookies.
> 
> I tried in a private browsing tab and it loaded the page.  Evidently
> it has stored a cookie (but I'm not sure where in the firefox UI they
> have hidden this information).  I can't seem to find any information
> about what these cookies are for.
> 
> I think this is undesriable, unreasonable, and probably illegal in the
> European Economic Area.
> 
> I know we're all being hammered by llm criminals but I don't think
> this is the answer.

I think that's the reason too. I have no idea whether there is any
defense from that LLM denial-of-service (if there _is? οne, I'd like
to hear about it!). I'm somewhat surprised that they don't adapt
(I mean: pretending to "be" a browser is a solved problem).

I'm pretty annoyed by that, too.

Cheers
-- 
tomás

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