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> ReCaptcha Why do some stores have a captcha as part of their checkout process? I'm noticing that recently and I can't figure it out. I understand it for reg
by avian 6y ago
> ReCaptcha
Why do some stores have a captcha as part of their checkout process? I'm noticing that recently and I can't figure it out.
I understand it for registering an account, or even just browsing the store (i.e. prevent scraping), but why make me click the damn traffic lights after you let me put stuff into the cart and got the delivery address? What good does that do except making me abandon my purchase in frustration?
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- Nextgrid 6y agoThere could be a reason when it comes to card fraud. Card fraudsters need a way to check cards before they use/resell them, so they find a cheap e-commerce and automate the checkout on a low-value item and run the card numbers through there. Of course, this is a problem manufactured by the card payments industry (we've had the cryptography to make card fraud nonexistent for decades) and it slowly getting fixed by 3D-Secure (also called Strong Customer Authentication) and as usual the US are behind.
- eitland 6y ago> Why do some stores have a captcha as part of their checkout process? I'm noticing that recently and I can't figure it out. And why doesn't Google optimize it to return "human" straight away when I am logged in with a 15 year old paying account who took a similar test earlier that day same day? Anyone who knows who are free to answer? Because otherwise I'll stick with my explanation which is one or more of: - organizational incompetence (surely someone should be able to code that up, only they don't call the shots and those who do aren't competent to see the issue) - greed (why do it when we can force people to do unpaid work for us?) - other possibly even worse reason
- dzhiurgis 6y agoShop owner decides the 'strength' of verification