Cloudflare and browsers launch PACT to against bot abuse (opens in new tab)

Cloudflare, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Shopify have jointly announced PACT, which stands for Private Access Control Tokens. It is a privacy-friendly protocol that helps websites distinguish between humans, legitimate bots, and malicious automated traffic, without invasive tracking or annoying CAPTCHAs. For years, website ow...