Felix Palmen :freebsd: :c64: @zirias@bsd.cafe
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@stefanoStefano Marinelli @hlliziDieu Not "just" Javascript, it also requires specific "modern" APIs, namely Worker[1] and SubtleCrypto[2]. Only full-blown graphical Browsers are likely to ever implement these.

But OTOH, I see few alternatives to keep the bots out without making the content fully private. I mean, you say "breaking basic web access", sure, but that's exactly what these bots use 🤷.

I still have that crazy idea in mind that I could kind of "steal" this proof-of-work idea for my tool, but there it would be combined with username/password login, so you could decide whether you just log in OR you hit a button to have your browser do some stupid hashing work ... 😆 but really not sure whether I'll tackle that.

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[1] developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do
[2] developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do

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The Worker interface of the Web Workers API represents a background task that can be created via script, which can send messages back to its creator.

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