{"id":235490,"date":"2026-06-23T02:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/cloudflare-teams-up-with-chrome-firefox-and-edge-on-a-privacy-first-anti-bot-protocol\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T02:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:35:33","slug":"cloudflare-teams-up-with-chrome-firefox-and-edge-on-a-privacy-first-anti-bot-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/cloudflare-teams-up-with-chrome-firefox-and-edge-on-a-privacy-first-anti-bot-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on a privacy-first anti-bot protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/cloudflare-pact-browser-privacy-bot-traffic-protocol\">Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on a privacy-first anti-bot protocol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/cloudflare-pact-browser-privacy-bot-traffic-protocol\">https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/cloudflare-pact-browser-privacy-bot-traffic-protocol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 17:24:32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"thenextweb.com\">thenextweb.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several major tech companies, including Cloudflare, Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, and Shopify, have initiated a joint project called Private Access Control Tokens (PACT). This privacy-first protocol aims to ascertain the legitimacy of web traffic without compromising user privacy. PACT replaces CAPTCHAs and forced logins with anonymous tokens proving the visitor&#8217;s authenticity, minimizing repeated identity checks. The technology is essential in a world where automated systems now account for nearly 60% of HTTP requests. Unlike traditional measures, PACT does not track users or reconstruct their browsing history. The collaboration aims to address the challenge posed by a rise in bot traffic due to agentic AI programs without imposing unnecessary friction for legitimate visitors or automated bots with a valid reason to access websites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PACT, a privacy-first protocol, aims to verify web traffic legitimacy without tracking users.<\/li>\n<li>The joint initiative involves leaders like Cloudflare, Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, and Shopify.<\/li>\n<li>The shift is driven by a substantial increase in bot traffic, now accounting for roughly 58% of HTTP requests worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>PACT works by using anonymous tokens for proving a visitor&#8217;s authenticity without tracking their browsing history.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative is meant to separate legitimate automated bots from malicious entities while maintaining user privacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on a privacy-first anti-bot protocol https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/cloudflare-pact-browser-privacy-bot-traffic-protocol Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2026\/06\/cloudflare-pact-browser-privacy-bot-traffic-protocol.avif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235492,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235490\/revisions\/235492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}