Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 5/15/20 1:44 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 09:08 -0600, S.Bob wrote: Recently practically every website I visit makes me fill out a captcha, and to make it worse they all seem busted, I click all the trains and get a "try again", click all the buses "try again" usually I get

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 09:08 -0600, S.Bob wrote: > Recently practically every website I visit makes me fill out a > captcha, and to make it worse they all seem busted, I click all the > trains and get a "try again", click all the buses "try again" usually > I get into the site after 4 or 5 attempts

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 15 May 2020 17:28:44 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > This suspicion is not new: > > > https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nexus2cee_xkcd-self-driving.png Heh. That explains the accidents. :-) ___ users mailing list --

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:05:59 -0400 Zachary Snyder wrote: > This happens to me on any operating system occasionally, my privacy > badger/ ad blocker is usually the culprit Since I run privacy badger, maybe that is what I am seeing also. I don't have an ad blocker, though I do run noscript, so it

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread Zachary Snyder
This happens to me on any operating system occasionally, my privacy badger/ ad blocker is usually the culprit On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:26 AM Kevin Becker wrote: > I use SimpleNote and the login page says "protected by reCAPTCHA" but > there is no captcha to solve. Nevertheless, the first login

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread Christopher Marlow
I've never had problems with Capcha's before. Normally I select the stop lights or crosswalks or bus's or whatever it wants me to do and I get in the first time. Hmm, odd that you are having to do them twice and three times to get in. Chris ch...@cwm030.com _

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, stan wrote: > Or maybe it is researchers using the captcha to train their AI, and > they just want more input? :-) This suspicion is not new: https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nexus2cee_xkcd-self-driving.png Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread Kevin Becker
I use SimpleNote and the login page says "protected by reCAPTCHA" but there is no captcha to solve. Nevertheless, the first login attempt always says I failed the captcha (that I didn't do) and the next one lets me in. So maybe they've just streamlined it to skip the theater of failing to identif

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 15 May 2020 09:08:52 -0600 "S.Bob" wrote: > Recently practically every website I visit makes me fill out a > captcha, and to make it worse they all seem busted, I click all the > trains and get a "try again", click all the buses "try again" usually > I get into the site after 4 or 5 attem

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread bruce
Hey Bob! I'm not going to rant in all caps that this is off topic!! ) While this has nothing to do with tech at all, it is a break from the horror of the daily newscasts. And yeah, captchas are a royal/unnecessary pain. If your site is getting hit by crawlers, and you have data you really don't

Re: Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, 15 May 2020 at 12:09, S.Bob wrote: > Recently practically every website I visit makes me fill out a captcha, > and to make it worse they all seem busted, I click all the trains and > get a "try again", click all the buses "try again" usually I get into > the site after 4 or 5 attempts if

Captcha's are out of control

2020-05-15 Thread S.Bob
Recently practically every website I visit makes me fill out a captcha, and to make it worse they all seem busted, I click all the trains and get a "try again", click all the buses "try again" usually I get into the site after 4 or 5 attempts if I havent already given up... Anyone else seeing