Cloudflare and Major Browsers Develop Private Access Control Tokens to Separate Legitimate Traffic From Bots

Cloudflare has announced a partnership with Google Chrome , Microsoft Edge , and Mozilla Firefox to develop Private Access Control Tokens (PACTs), a new protocol aimed at distinguishing genuine web traffic from unwanted network requests. The system is designed to allow websites to generate digital tokens that confirm a browsing session is being conducted by a human or an authorized bot with legitimate intent. The technical details are still being finalized and aligned across related proposals.