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I see a lot of captchas that I was missing now that I am using the temporary container plugin [1] Also for sites that I don't know why they need captchas... [

• salawat 6y ago
  That would be because they're trying to leverage browser fingerprinting, and you're screwing with the fingerprint. The sad thing is, if you're privacy conscious and don't play ball with the rest of the world, and actively mitigate these surveillance/data leaking mechanisms, you're assumed to be a malicious actor by corporate risk departments the world over. Welcome to the web. Give us your data, and enjoy being tracked.
  • Kalium 6y ago
    In a world where bot herders try to blend in with the crowd, and historically lots of them aren't great at it, you have to be careful about your choices. It's very easy to look like a bot by accident, and odds are pretty good that anyone who sticks out is likely to be a bot. Just like odds are quite good that any HTTP request coming through Tor is quite likely to be malicious. This is a pretty shitty scenario all around. It shouldn't have happened. It should never have come to this! That said, I've yet to see a better solution on offer for general-purpose low-effort anti-abuse purposes. People here on HN generally seem to either hate CAPTCHAs with the passion of a million blazing suns (but have nothing better to offer) or want everyone to use something strictly worse (like argon2 hashing).