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Website report · 02 Nov 2026

www.imdb.com

“Human Verification”

Template-written 12 evidence items Code reader analysed 2 scripts
What this means for you

www.imdb.com talked to 3 outside services on a first visit.E4E6E5

  • What loads is a page only: no calls to its own backend, no wallet code, no contract calls, no AI services and no live connections.E11
  • We saw no known analytics or advertising services load on the first visit.E1
  • 1 cookie was set in your browser, all by the site itself.E7

Tech check

What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.

The page doesn't make tech claims we check for (AI, on-chain, wallets, trading, own chain, staking, live data, an app).

Calls its own backend none seen
Wallet code none seen
Contract calls in its code none seen
Talks to AI services none seen
Live connections none seen

What loads is a page only: no own backend calls, wallet code, contract calls, AI services or live connections.E11

What it is

  • The Internet Archive first saved this site on 1996-11-19 (10940 days ago).E12
  • The page calls itself “Human Verification”.E1
  • In your browser it runs work in a background thread and draws graphics on a canvas.E9E10

Where your data goes

Not identifiedServices we don't have in our list yet. 3
fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.token.awswaf.comnot identified 6×E4
static.captcha.awswaf.comnot identified 2×E6
fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.captcha.awswaf.comnot identified 1×E5

How key features work

Drawing and editing in the browser

The page draws and edits graphics in your browser using the canvas.E10

canvas

Saving data on your device

It saves data in your browser (localStorage), so some things persist between visits.E8

localStorage

Cookies and storage

Names only. We never store the values.

CookieSet forKeptWhose
aws-waf-tokenE7imdb.com about 4 daysthe site

localStorageE8: awswaf_token_refresh_timestamp, aws_waf_token_challenge_attempts, awswaf_session_storage, aws_waf_referrer

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

E1
Page title: Human Verification
page title · https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16994550/
E2
Main heading: Let's confirm you are human
page h1 · https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16994550/
E3
2 request(s) to www.imdb.com
types: 2 document
GET https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16994550/ · document · 2 requests · network recording
E4
6 request(s) to fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.token.awswaf.com
types: 4 fetch, 2 script
GET https://fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.token.awswaf.com/fb423e1ef94f/c3382d439950/916d943f6a58/challenge.js · fetch · 6 requests · network recording
E5
1 request(s) to fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.captcha.awswaf.com
types: 1 script
GET https://fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.captcha.awswaf.com/fb423e1ef94f/c3382d439950/916d943f6a58/captcha.js · script · network recording
E6
2 request(s) to static.captcha.awswaf.com
types: 1 stylesheet, 1 font
GET https://static.captcha.awswaf.com/fonts/AmazonEmberLt/stylesheet.css · stylesheet · 2 requests · network recording
E7
Cookie 'aws-waf-token' set for imdb.com
kept for about 4 days
cookie aws-waf-token on imdb.com · value not stored
E8
localStorage: 4 key(s) saved in your browser
localStorage keys: awswaf_token_refresh_timestamp, aws_waf_token_challenge_attempts, awswaf_session_storage, aws_waf_referrer · values not stored
E9
Uses the browser ability: web_worker
runs work in a background thread
fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.token.awswaf.com/fb423e1ef94f/c3382d439950/916d943f6a58/challenge.js @ 1:276190 · “new Worker(” · pattern scan
E10
Uses the browser ability: canvas
draws graphics on a canvas
fb423e1ef94f.6277d64d.us-east-1.captcha.awswaf.com/fb423e1ef94f/c3382d439950/916d943f6a58/captcha.js @ 1:98717 · “getContext("2d"” · pattern scan
E11
11 requests on load: no own backend calls, wallet code, contract calls, AI services or live connections
GET https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16994550/ · summary · 11 requests · network recording
E12
The Internet Archive first saved imdb.com on 1996-11-19 and has snapshots from 2000 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/19961119065302/imdb.com

Limits

  • We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
  • Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
  • Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
  • We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
  • This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.
  • The code reader hit its size budget on parts of 3 large bundle file(s); those parts weren't fully analysed.

Facts, not judgements: this page describes what the code and traffic show, not anyone's intent. Not financial advice. Case id q1NYySTz.