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Every captcha I've encountered thus far has been pretty Americentric, and almost by definition, discriminatory against non-Americans[1]. Doubly so against non-
by lurtbancaster 5y ago
Every captcha I've encountered thus far has been pretty Americentric, and almost by definition, discriminatory against non-Americans[1].
Doubly so against non-Americans with disabilities.
Captcha makers really need to A/B test their product across a wider global sample of people, before they deploy.
On hcaptcha being worse, for those of us using Tor Browser, hcaptcha is significantly less painful than recaptcha - https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=25227431 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=25227431
[1] - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/11/captchas-dont-prove-youre-human-they-prove-youre-american/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/11/captchas-dont-prove-youre-h...
- eatbots 5y agohCaptcha is in fact tested this way, and has pretty consistent accuracy across hundreds of countries: https://www.hcaptcha.com/post/do-captchas-really-discriminate-against-non-americans https://www.hcaptcha.com/post/do-captchas-really-discriminat... (disclosure: work there)