Cloudflare just joined a group effort to standardize PACT (Private Access Control Tokens), backed by Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, and Shopify. The goal is refreshingly direct: protect websites from abusive automation *without* tracking personal identities—especially as AI agents start doing real tasks on the web. Historically, sites stop bots with login walls or CAPTCHAs. That works… until AI agents enter the workflow. A “human verification” step can break automation chains: form fills, critical button clicks, and scripted navigation get stuck behind authentication or CAPTCHA dialogs. PACT proposes an anonymous token approach. Instead of identifying a specific user or building online tracking, the site exchanges lightweight tokens that help verify whether the access behavior is trustworthy. Think: less friction for legitimate automation, more resistance against unauthorized scraping, click abuse, and ticket-sniping. Cloudflare plans to embed PACT verification into its network nodes, making it easier for many Cloudflare-powered sites to adopt the standard. No public browser/network timeline yet—this could take years. #Cloudflare #PACT #WebSecurity #AntiBot #Privacy #AIAgents
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