Tell HN: Impassable Cloudflare challenges are ruining my browsing experience

Post by account42 » Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 2:05 PM UTC

antonvs wrote: post #199

Animats wrote: post #13

> The "unsubscribe" button in Indeed's job notification emails leads me to an impassable Cloudflare challenge. That's a CAN-SPAM act violation. FTC: "Tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future marketing email from you. Your message must include a clear and conspicuous explanation of how the recipient can opt out of getting marketing email from you in the future. Craft the notice in a way that’s easy for an or…

Don't worry, the next administration is likely to eliminate any rules like that.

Inane low effort comment.

CAN-SPAM was introduced by Republicans and signed into law by Bush btw.

Post by account42 » Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 2:08 PM UTC

solatic wrote: post #219

Animats wrote: post #13

> The "unsubscribe" button in Indeed's job notification emails leads me to an impassable Cloudflare challenge. That's a CAN-SPAM act violation. FTC: "Tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future marketing email from you. Your message must include a clear and conspicuous explanation of how the recipient can opt out of getting marketing email from you in the future. Craft the notice in a way that’s easy for an or…

Makes me wonder. If it's illegal to deploy bot protection on unsubscribe links, and there are massive lists of leaked email addresses available, surely someone has tried to mass-unsubscribe tons of email addresses from tons of mailing lists?

Unsubscribe links can include additional authentication information, as long as it is all included with the link in the mail.

If you don't do that, bot protection isn't going to stop a dedicated troll.

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