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Checking the box turns it into a dancing circle with, Verifying… but then returns to the same [ ] Verify you are human [Cloudflare] message after a few seconds.

I have seen where other people have had the same issue but nobody at Brave has acknowledged it or offered any solutions. It occurs with and without extensions enabled, in a private window or a regular window. It occurs both with and without a functioning VPN. The same verification process works fine in Firefox and in Chrome, so it’s definitely a Brave issue.

Would appreciate a remedy to this problem.

Tips regarding Brave Shields:

I have more success, with:

  • Brave Shields UP
  • Either Allow All Cookies or Block 3rd Party Cookies, but NOT Blocking All Cookies
  • Allowing JavaScripts from specific sources, but NOT Allowing All JavaScripts
  • Trackers & Ads treatment: Aggressive (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
  • Fingerprinting (aka footprinting) blocking: Strict (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting

I almost NEVER use:

  • All of Brave Shields UP
  • All of Brave Shields DOWN

In other words, I “inch my way along” . . . trying to find what satisfies the website-and-Cloudflare communal whatever (it varies, depending upon the website and its association with Cloudflare).

Sometimes, the website serves the visitor’s Internet browser; but sometimes, a Cloudflare webserver does the serving.

Anyway, I recommend the slow approach.


Study:

Shields Basics

How do I configure global and site-specific Shields settings?

How do I use Shields while browsing?


And it occurs with or without Brave Shields up.

Along with my previous reply, the following applies. Do not deny the following possible sources of cookies/javascripts:

  • cdnjs.cloudflare.com
  • cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com
  • challenges.cloudflare.com
  • cloudflare.com
  • community.cloudflare.com
  • developers.cloudflare.com
  • embed.cloudflarestream.com
  • iframe.cloudflarestream.com
  • mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com
  • ot.www.cloudflare.com
  • static.cloudflareinsights.com
  • www.cloudflare.com

And do not have some firewall block any; and do not have your “hosts” file blocking any.