Why all the security checks?

[Erratic1]

This started yesterday I think. After some amount of inactivity if I refresh a page or select a link the following flashes on my screen for a few seconds:

 

 

 

[Luminara]

 

[Black Zot]

TL;DR: People on the internet once again being the reason nice things can't be had.

[Glacier Peak]

Why not though? I'm happy with greater security and I don't have to give up anything for it. Whoo hoo!

[Snarky]

I just figured the Vampire Overlords felt it necessary to remind me they were watching my every move.

 

Hey Vampire Overlords. Piss off

Edited November 10, 2022 by Snarky

[Luminara]

32 minutes ago, Snarky said:

I just figured the Vampire Overlords felt it necessary to remind me they were watching my every move.

 

Hey Vampire Overlords. Piss off

[momentarygrace]

6 hours ago, Snarky said:

I just figured the Vampire Overlords felt it necessary to remind me they were watching my every move.

 

[Oubliette_Red]

[ivanhedgehog]

22 hours ago, Snarky said:

I just figured the Vampire Overlords felt it necessary to remind me they were watching my every move.

 

Hey Vampire Overlords. Piss off

I thought we are on double secret probation.

[MistressOhm]

Homecoming's network/webhost provider noted that "bad actor" traffic was increasing, so the HC site admin turned on an option to block it. 

 

Honestly, when I first saw these, I though maybe my ISP was to blame, or perhaps the VPN I use or even malware had gotten installed on my system despite my best efforts.  So I was checking all manner of things at the client end, none of which made the 'checks' stop.   This is probably due to my previous life as tech support - unless there's something posted that says "we have a systems issue" you always start with "find the client issue".  Cipher's response (quoted upthread) made me feel a lot less paranoid.  

[Shred Monkey]

4 minutes ago, MistressOhm said:

I though maybe my ISP was to blame

 

Yeah... I thought there was something on my end, too.  I'm actually happy to know it's not that.

[TheOtherTed]

I'm wondering if it's some sort of blanket attack.  For a week or two, almost everything I log in to has been challenging me to verify that I'm me.  I also can't help but notice that all this activity coincides with the lead-up to the U.S. midterm elections.

[Luminara]

7 minutes ago, TheOtherTed said:

I'm wondering if it's some sort of blanket attack.

 

What kind of horrible person attacks blankets?

 

...

 

Do you think they're going after comforters, too?  😱

[Snarky]

11 minutes ago, TheOtherTed said:

I'm wondering if it's some sort of blanket attack.  For a week or two, almost everything I log in to has been challenging me to verify that I'm me.  I also can't help but notice that all this activity coincides with the lead-up to the U.S. midterm elections.

While I generally like to avoid politics....I am not going to here.

 

I believe over the last few years "information wars" are surging back and forth across the web as governments, their agents, profiteers, and random self selected cheerleaders all go about trying to influence world group think.   

 

Which really makes me want to solo Redside again.  Damn, that writing is spot on.

[biostem]

20 minutes ago, TheOtherTed said:

I'm wondering if it's some sort of blanket attack.  For a week or two, almost everything I log in to has been challenging me to verify that I'm me.  I also can't help but notice that all this activity coincides with the lead-up to the U.S. midterm elections.

 

Or it could be that many sites use the same security providers, such as Cloudflare, and they decided to implement tighter security based upon some other metric they're using...

[TheOtherTed]

2 hours ago, Luminara said:

Do you think they're going after comforters, too?

They can have mine.  It's pretty ratty, and I've been meaning to get a new one anyway.

[Shred Monkey]

13 hours ago, Snarky said:

I believe over the last few years "information wars" are surging back and forth across the web as governments, their agents, profiteers, and random self selected cheerleaders all go about trying to influence world group think.

 

Whenever I go to the comments section on any YouTube news broadcast, I ask myself, does this comment sound like something an actual thinking breathing human being believes?  Or is this what a rival government wants me to think people believe.  The practice of stopping to truly ask myself this question has altered my view of many things.

[roleki]

[InvaderStych]

Nice to see that the Inner Council of Thirteen Circles Membership Confirmation Filter is still functioning this morning. 😉

[MistressOhm]

19 hours ago, Snarky said:

I believe over the last few years "information wars" are surging back and forth across the web as governments, their agents, profiteers, and random self selected cheerleaders all go about trying to influence world group think.   

 

The scary part is, two decades ago I'd have dismissed this as pure CT.   A decade ago I'd have handwaved it off as possible, but not likely.  Now?  I think you're spot-on.   

[catsi563]

On 11/10/2022 at 3:59 PM, Luminara said:

Thats not a vampire

 

thats me laughing at snarky 😸

[Snarky]

1 hour ago, MistressOhm said:

 

The scary part is, two decades ago I'd have dismissed this as pure CT.   A decade ago I'd have handwaved it off as possible, but not likely.  Now?  I think you're spot-on.   

in 50 years people will herald me as the super genius that could have saved the planet if people had listened.

 

i am wise enough not to go around talking about this.  people on this planet do violent things to those that stand out as visionary

[TheOtherTed]

[Luminara]

I'm not here!

 

[Spaghetti Betty]