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If you want the "assuming good intent" explanation it was to be able to detect spam and bots which apparently are a significant problem now and are no longer st
by jezzamon 3y ago
If you want the "assuming good intent" explanation it was to be able to detect spam and bots which apparently are a significant problem now and are no longer stopped by captchas. One online community I'm part of literally turned off new sign ups because they couldn't stop the bot problem (ldjam.com). Users also find captchas annoying so it supposedly stop the need for that for many cases (except for when you're in the 10% hold out group or whatever)
- zarzavat 3y agoThere’s still no way to tell the difference between a Linux user and a bot through such an attestation mechanism. So the effect on users is the same regardless of the intention.