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Isn't hCaptcha the one that asks you "Click on all of the bicycles" and then shows a bunch of AI-generated gibberish where fucking none of them is a bicycle but

by Hamuko 3y ago

Isn't hCaptcha the one that asks you "Click on all of the bicycles" and then shows a bunch of AI-generated gibberish where fucking none of them is a bicycle but you have to click on the ones that are the most bicycle-like? Because that's fucking garbage and I wish everyone using it would die in a fire. In case someone as been lucky enough to never have used hCaptcha, it looks like this: https://twitter.com/shaunkruger/status/1660671272672722945 https://twitter.com/shaunkruger/status/1660671272672722945

schroeding 3y ago
I don't remember the name, but I've seen a Captcha that asks you stuff like "click on the Zerki", "select the Sploinq" with AI images and I have no idea what shape most looks like a Zerki (there was more than one shape with hard edges!) or a Sploinq. And I have a linguistics minor. :(
- Hamuko 3y ago
  hCaptcha has absolutely wanted people to click on objects that do not exist even on a conceptual level. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwy5n/captcha-is-asking-users-to-identify-objects-that-dont-exist https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwy5n/captcha-is-asking-use...
shp0ngle 3y ago
hCaptcha is garbage. Also, they use some blockchain/token stuff for no reason, at least the last time I looked. edit: ah they seemed to have removed all traces of the token stuff from their website, except some small remains in the docs - https://docs.hcaptcha.com/faq/#what-is-one-hmt-worth https://docs.hcaptcha.com/faq/#what-is-one-hmt-worth . I guess they pivoted away, reasonably.
Aachen 3y ago
Still better than the google malware that lets you through based on how well they can track you around the web rather than based on a legitimately solvable challenge. At least, I noticed that I never saw anyone but myself getting any challenge at all, let alone the worst CAPTCHAs that google has to offer. Same IP address, the only difference that I could find is not having "auto delete cookies" installed in the browser (wipes localstorage etc. after you closed all tabs of non-whitelisted sites for some seconds). hCAPTCHA has always been easily solvable for me, haven't seen the one you linked yet but that also looks quite trivial Ideally one just doesn't use CAPTCHAs at all, but my colleagues disagree and so that's unfortunately the company policy to recommend against login brute force and such

by Hamuko 3y ago

schroeding 3y ago

I don't remember the name, but I've seen a Captcha that asks you stuff like "click on the Zerki", "select the Sploinq" with AI images and I have no idea what shape most looks like a Zerki (there was more than one shape with hard edges!) or a Sploinq. And I have a linguistics minor. :(

Hamuko 3y ago
hCaptcha has absolutely wanted people to click on objects that do not exist even on a conceptual level. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwy5n/captcha-is-asking-users-to-identify-objects-that-dont-exist https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwy5n/captcha-is-asking-use...

shp0ngle 3y ago

hCaptcha is garbage. Also, they use some blockchain/token stuff for no reason, at least the last time I looked. edit: ah they seemed to have removed all traces of the token stuff from their website, except some small remains in the docs - https://docs.hcaptcha.com/faq/#what-is-one-hmt-worth https://docs.hcaptcha.com/faq/#what-is-one-hmt-worth . I guess they pivoted away, reasonably.

Aachen 3y ago

Still better than the google malware that lets you through based on how well they can track you around the web rather than based on a legitimately solvable challenge. At least, I noticed that I never saw anyone but myself getting any challenge at all, let alone the worst CAPTCHAs that google has to offer. Same IP address, the only difference that I could find is not having "auto delete cookies" installed in the browser (wipes localstorage etc. after you closed all tabs of non-whitelisted sites for some seconds). hCAPTCHA has always been easily solvable for me, haven't seen the one you linked yet but that also looks quite trivial Ideally one just doesn't use CAPTCHAs at all, but my colleagues disagree and so that's unfortunately the company policy to recommend against login brute force and such