Am I the only one facing this issue everytime I am trying to access the forum? Or everyone here is seeing the same screen. I am not trying to login as I have opted for Always stay logged in option. So, I am trying to only access the forum and everytime I do it I have to go through this shit. Is it because of DDos attack or @theymos is trying to control the bots that are spamming the forum. I would love to here your problem as for me it is making me irritate with constant verification screen. Infeel as if I need to prove myself that I am human with this sudden change.
I experienced this about 5 times yesterday alone despite not experiencing it for almost a whole year. When others complained of it some months ago, I barely experienced it and I chipped in my advice then on the use of secure browsers and VPN. But this time, it happened repeatedly to me and I was concerned really because I only use my local IP and not Tor or VPN and others.
Now, reading what people had to say on this thread, I think that it's general and it could be for an important reason. We all know the controversy that happened on the forum recently, maybe enhanced verification was done, or at least such that would rescan the users' activities periodically to ascertain whether or not it's a human behind the screen.
It's nothing to worry yourself about. But if it persists too much, it could be that you use enhanced security to browse and you might want to change it or continue to manage it that way.