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Anyone else getting this on WSJ.com?

You have been blocked. Why? Something about the behaviour of the browser has caught our attention.

Not even a captcha or anything.

Update: for those with the same issue: https://archive.is/XGe5U Thanks to @throwanem for the WSJ unpaywalled share link.

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This is not uncommon for sites using Cloudflare (bot protection), especially if you have adblockers or script blockers of some kind turned on that prevent browser fingerprinting.

If you have dev tools open you get blocked also.

Are you a bot?

No why?

From the point of view of the WSJ, if your company "puts you through" a hosted proxy browser (like, for example, but not limited to https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/zero-trust/products/browser... - there are other vendors for this), then you're a bot for all they care.

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