Long time and very satisfied user of Flightsim.to Premium.

Occasionally, a while ago, and frequently now I cannot signin because Cloudfare loops, over a period of 10-seconds, on the Captcha Verify Human and then a message saying they are verifying my browser.   This happen in Chrome (fully up to date with all extensions turned off) and Edge (fully updated and no extensions).  I also have turned off all security.  I have verified third party cookies are allowed and ensured that flightsim.to is not on any exclusion list.  I have cleared cookies, history, etc.  

When I click on the Cloudfare Verify you are a human box - the box outline turns green but the checkmark turns red and then the whole screen goes to a spinning "verify" icon. 

I can login using my iPad or iPhone.

While trying to login with Edge (using the debugger and pause on error) I see a 403 "forbidden" error when the browser tries to execute Get (flightsim.to) - which seems to say flightsim.to does not like my IP address.

Any idea how to resolve this?  The Cloudfare support site & Reddit have hundreds of questions about this problem and I have tried every solution offered.  Cloudfare always says "it is the websites problem - it is how they setup their checks and authorizations."

What else can I do?

Here is what Microsoft tech documents say about a 403 error:

A 403 Forbidden Error occurs when you do not have permission to access a web page or something else on a web server. It's usually a problem with the website itself. 

 

Edited August 22, 20241 yr by TacomaSailor

Happens to me once in a while. I don’t know what’s the reason to have to verify the users so frequently. Are they being attacked too often or what exactly could be the reason?

Edge is a terrible browser. Try Brave (a Firefox/Chrome variant) - you'll be pleasantly surprised.

27 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Edge is a terrible browser. Try Brave (a Firefox/Chrome variant) - you'll be pleasantly surprised.

I'm very happy with Opera

The 403 forbidden error stopped as suddenly as it started.  As far as I know - I did not change a thing.  Just like the last three times it happened.

Chrome is my default browser - just used Edge to verify the error was not browser related.

I don't like ads on Youtube. I use Firefox. I can't eliminate ads, but with one push of a button on my keyboard, they play 8x faster. And then push one button and the real video plays at normal speed. Google owns both Chrome and Youtube, and such tricks don't seem to be possible (I'm guessing because they want add revenue).

Saturday Aug 24 20:00 UCT - 403 Forbidden error returns!

This is getting to be a bother.