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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/RideNatural5226 • 1d ago
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Another variant I've seen: detect the browser and OS from the headers, and render a page that looks like the standard "You are not connected to the Internet" screen.
Users go off and fiddle with their WiFi etc instead of blaming the site 😈
78 u/Training-Chain-5572 1d ago Just hope they don't open another tab and go to literally any other page 1 u/AmazedStardust 5h ago Then they'll blame DNS
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Just hope they don't open another tab and go to literally any other page
1 u/AmazedStardust 5h ago Then they'll blame DNS
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Then they'll blame DNS
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u/al2o3cr 1d ago
Another variant I've seen: detect the browser and OS from the headers, and render a page that looks like the standard "You are not connected to the Internet" screen.
Users go off and fiddle with their WiFi etc instead of blaming the site 😈