ReCaptcha - my pet hate
By Berend E
@TraveOnWorld (854)
Georgia
December 29, 2023 4:43am CST
Sometimes that little screen that comes up to confirm that I am human can drive me to the point of just throwing my computer through a window.
Somehow, my browser can know that I am not in the USA, but I still get asked to identify a series of Traffic Lights (???), Crosswalks(???) and other things I have no idea what it is just to prove that I am the same human who accessed the same site from the same IP address from the same pinged point a few hours ago.
And to top it all, this company makes money by selling the very data I do not want to share, but we are supposed to feel good that it donates a small sum to literacy projects. What rot.
Next to 2FA, this must one of the worst inventions of so-called browser security.
Rant over
??? presumably these things refers to robots and zebra crossings, pffft
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Rant over
??? presumably these things refers to robots and zebra crossings, pffft
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4 responses
@RebeccasFarm (89741)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 Dec
Haha I love that meme thingie you put here.
I despise them also.
I despise them also.
@snowy22315 (179751)
• United States
29 Dec
I hate those too, especially when they are not straightforward, and have pieces of crosswalks, traffic lights etc. in other squares.
@nadisr10 (117)
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29 Dec
I feel your frustration with those tests.
They can be annoying and seemingly unnecessary.
