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Yeah I can't remember the last time I got a captcha of any kind, so it has definitely been rare for me.
by octopoc 5y ago
Yeah I can't remember the last time I got a captcha of any kind, so it has definitely been rare for me.
- Aachen 5y agoThat probably means you have tracking enabled. I'm not a protonmail user (I host my own email) but from my general experience with recaptcha, try opening it in a private navigation window. If recaptcha doesn't ask you to solve anything, they've already been tracking you to make up its mind. Of course, whether this is fine by you is up to you, but it sounds like you might be unaware of this.
- protonmail 5y agoNo, there's no tracking in ProtonMail. Captchas appearing is entirely based upon IP reputation and number of recent login attempts.
- Aachen 5y agoThanks for clarifying! Showing a captcha, though perhaps not Google's, under those conditions sounds sensible. I didn't know that as a non-user (I use your VPN, fwiw :) ).
- yorwba 5y agoMaybe you could also display that information when you show a captcha. "We've observed x login attempts from your IP in the last y days." Usually you wouldn't want to make it easy for botnet owners to find out they've been caught, but since displaying the captcha already reveals that, having an explanation might help regular users who got a low-reputation IP assigned.
- octopoc 5y agoThanks, I appreciate it! I still don't see the captcha even when I use a private window thought. Browser is Brave on Mac. Also outside the private window I have shields up, which means trackers, ads, cross-site cookies and fingerprinting are all blocked. Edit: also it says there are 0 items blocked
- ipaddr 5y agoI use to get it everytime. Since I logged in from my desktop never again.