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I've seen multiple comments suggesting HN uses ReCAPTCHA, but I have never encountered it myself, and I even have Javascript disabled and login through 'anonymo

by ve55 7y ago

I've seen multiple comments suggesting HN uses ReCAPTCHA, but I have never encountered it myself, and I even have Javascript disabled and login through 'anonymous' IPs such as tor, so I'm unsure what these users could be doing that is 'worse' to trigger ReCAPTCHAs. If most users don't even know that ReCAPTCHA is used, that's a good sign that it is being used as little as possible, though.

jimktrains2 7y ago
I wonder if it's from CloudFlare and not HN directly.
- briandear 7y ago
  It is from Cloudflare. They love reCaptcha. It’s ok to give free user data to Google if it means less work for them.
meruru 7y ago
Same here. I only log in through Tor and I'd never have imagined HN uses ReCAPTCHA if it wasn't for people suggesting that.
- darkpuma 7y ago
  Try creating a new account through Tor, there is a good chance you'll see it then.