Joined: Aug '08
Location: Poland
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I've also had this verification for a few days now and it's a bit annoying. I have it every time I log in from my laptop or smartphone. On a laptop it takes a lot faster, about a few seconds, but on a smartphone it takes much longer and it happens every time because on a laptop it only happens when logging in. It would be best to remove or limit it....
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It is quite annoying but to be fair it's always good to have extra security on every site,when it fist came up I was straight on Google to check it was legitimate
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Posted by callie28: It is quite annoying but to be fair it's always good to have extra security on every site,when it fist came up I was straight on Google to check it was legitimate
Joined: Aug '08
Location: Poland
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I had this verification every time, whether I logged in from a laptop or a smartphone. It was a bit annoying, especially when I logged in via my smartphone because it took much longer than when I logged in from my laptop. Now it has been better for a few days and the verification does not appear every time. So, I guess something has been improved.
Joined: Aug '07
Location: Malta
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Then maybe that's why. If it's only you that have access to your device, it's probably easier for you to not logout each time and have it auto login on most visits.
Joined: Aug '08
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It's different now, at least for me. I do not have this verification when I access the bankrollmob website either from a smartphone or a laptop. It is no longer as troublesome as it was at the beginning. If you are logged in, the message no longer appears every time, so verification only takes place when logging in. I do not mind.
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Posted by tomex11: so verification only takes place when logging in. I do not mind.
Which is the intention, in order to increase security. Thanks for the update.
But of course it's no good if it's bothering users each time. And if people decide to log out from their Mob account after each visit, then it has to appear again. Of course you should log out if using a shared computer, but if it's your own personal device, staying logged in shouldn't be too much of an issue, like people probably are with facebook and many other sites. A personal device probably already has (or should have!) some kind of protection to even access it, like a password, touch or face id.
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Posted by ligador37: It has been happening to me for several days now that when I try to access the BRM page, it first takes me to a Cloud fare page, to verify that I am human. Then it redirects me to the BRM site. This is normal? Is it happening to everyone or is it just me? I'm asking just in case I have touched something in my configuration and I haven't realized it. Regards
Okay, let me explain to you what Cloudflare is since I am an IT professional, specifically a website and web application developer. Cloudflare is the largest proxy service, which is used by probably a third of the Internet in one way or another. It's a great thing, especially considering that they provide a huge part of their services for free, dramatically increasing internet security, blocking DDoS attacks and other hacker shenanigans. In addition to security, this server also provides the ability for sites to use CDN technology, i.e. files are downloaded from the closest servers to your computer, which are scattered around the globe, thus speeding up the download sites. Very useful. However, just as everything has a price, this service has an unpleasant side, which OP has obviously encountered.
The thing is that when the service Cloudflare, using its algorithms of analysis will suspect your IP address in some suspicious activity (and on any other site that uses Cloudflare, not even BankrollMob specifically), for example, you sit on the Internet with a bunch of other computers, using the same IP address, then this service can mistakenly throw the IP into the suspicion of bots, so that every time you go to one of the sites using Cloudflare, it will ask you to confirm that you are not a bot.
Now what can be done about this, I can only see two ways out, either write directly to CloudFlare and complain, explaining the situation and asking them to take you off their suspicious lists. Or as an alternative, but effective option - use a VPN to visit such sites.
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Recently something has probably changed for the worse again when it comes to verification when entering the bankrollmob website. At the beginning I had it all the time every time I logged in from my laptop or smartphone, and then only every now and then when I was logged in. Well, now I've been having it every time for some time and I don't want to complain, but it's a bit bothersome, but bearable.
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Posted by tomex11: Recently something has probably changed for the worse again when it comes to verification when entering the bankrollmob website. At the beginning I had it all the time every time I logged in from my laptop or smartphone, and then only every now and then when I was logged in. Well, now I've been having it every time for some time and I don't want to complain, but it's a bit bothersome, but bearable.
We haven't made any changes in that regards.
What if you avoid logging out between your visits, then maybe that will skip cloudflare?
