Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy.
You had me at Google and 'dark side'
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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy.
You had me at Google and 'dark side'
They have cookies!
In the days of ReCaptcha mk 1 (type out the non-words written in illegible text) I used to think that it was the worst thing ever. Then came ReCaptcha mk 2 (tick the pictures which have x in them, even though they arguably all do or don't) I was forced to update that opinion. Now we have one that assumes that anyone with a Google account is human and anyone without one is not and I sense that I'll soon be updating that opinion again. Taking something awful and successfully making it worse with every single iteration is clearly a skill of sorts, but it's not one that should be inflicted upon the public.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy.
You had me at Google and 'dark side'
They have cookies!
So...they want site admins to put this 'tracking tool' in every webpage for our safety? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I will be closing that gmail account that I never use anyway. I only use Chrome for testing anyway so no big loss.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy.
You had me at Google and 'dark side'
They have cookies!
So just block the recaptcha servers altogether. Sites will rethink things, once they see their revenues dropping because the recaptcha script is not letting anyone in. Thinking something is bad doesn't change it. You have to put your money where your mouth is.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy.
You had me at Google and 'dark side'
They have cookies!
I hate google captcha now. I will hate it even more in the future I guess...
No more Mister Nice Guy... >: |
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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy.
You had me at Google and 'dark side'
They have cookies!
I don't use reCaptcha on my website anymore. Tried https://hcaptcha.com/ instead. Working pretty well so far and I even have some additional income, haha.