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I just realized, why don't they have some "definitely human" third party cookie that caches your humanness for 24h or so? I'm sure there's a reason, I've heard

by woooooo 11mo ago

I just realized, why don't they have some "definitely human" third party cookie that caches your humanness for 24h or so? I'm sure there's a reason, I've heard third party cookies were less respected now, but can someone chime in on why this doesn't work and save a ton of compute?

acureau 11mo ago
Because people will solve the challenge once, and then use the cookie in automation tools. It already happens with shorter expiration cookies.
- woooooo 11mo ago
  Thanks, I'm now shaking my head at my naivete :)
lotsofpulp 11mo ago
I assume that will be for Apple (and eventually Alphabet) to implement via digital IDs linked to real world IDs. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digital-id-a-new-way-to-create-and-present-an-id-in-apple-wallet/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digi...
- philipwhiuk 11mo ago
  Don't worry, Sam Altman is selling the protection too -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
basilikum 11mo ago
https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/privacy-pass/ https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/privacy-pass/
- arbol 11mo ago
  Are you really posting this today?
octoberfranklin 11mo ago
Yes, there are several, and the good one (linked below) lets you use the "humanness" token across different websites without them being able to use it as a tracking signal / supercookie. It's very clever. https://github.com/ietf-wg-privacypass/base-drafts https://github.com/ietf-wg-privacypass/base-drafts https://privacypass.github.io/ https://privacypass.github.io/