Cryptographers flag that AI agents fail Cloudflare challenges; blind signatures may fix it
jedisct1 · x · 2026-11-07
Cryptographer cjpatton notes that browsers usually pass Cloudflare's challenge on ePrint PDF downloads, but AI agents often don't. The observation ties into Cloudflare's new post on post-quantum web privacy via recent blind signature breakthroughs. He argues the agent problem is fixable, but privacy must come first — highlighting the tension between bot defense and the agentic web.
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