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At this point captchas achieve the exact opposite of their original goal - they let machines in whilst blocking a good number of real users.
by nojs 3y ago
At this point captchas achieve the exact opposite of their original goal - they let machines in whilst blocking a good number of real users.
- brap 3y agoFor better or worse, I can’t wait until the internet gets rid of captchas
- paulpauper 3y agonever going to happen
- joquarky 3y agoBe careful what you wish for. It may be replaced by attestation.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoAttestation protects against rootkits and unauthorized client software, it doesn't protect against automation, for the simple reason that (legally required) accessibility tools need to be able to interact with the UI on-screen (e.g. screen-readers don't actually OCR the screen (at least, not normally), instead they'll use the OS-mediated APIs for accessibility and automation.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI though most implementations of attestation comes with free rate-limiting as slow as you dole out the challenges. Which I believe most people care about more than if a robot is doing it. (or cost, that's a big one) I think some even uniquely identify hardware elements, like TPMs.