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Here's something interesting. If I go to the ReCaptcha demo page in Chrome that is logged in to Google, I get all house numbers, a lot of which seem like easy

by smackfu 12y ago

Here's something interesting. If I go to the ReCaptcha demo page in Chrome that is logged in to Google, I get all house numbers, a lot of which seem like easy OCR. If go to the same demo page in Incognito mode, I get the two word version instead, like this blog is complaining about. http://www.google.com/recaptcha/demo/ http://www.google.com/recaptcha/demo/

nandhp 12y ago
Yes: reCAPTCHA now keeps a profile of you and gives humanoid users easier reCAPTCHAs. http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2013/10/recaptcha-just-got-easier-but-only-if.html http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2013/10/recaptcha-j...
- metacorrector 12y ago
  in other words, it's not giving you reCaptchas, it's giving you unCaptcha's yet so you can do work for them for google streetview.
wmf 12y ago
Yep, in incognito mode Google hasn't built up a profile of you yet so they assume you're a spammer.
- snarfy 12y ago
  If they are using your profile, what is the point of recaptcha then? It's circular reasoning.
  - brianbreslin 12y ago
    You are free labor
    - Larrikin 12y ago
      It was one thing when they were digitizing books. I refuse to help them improve Google Maps. I have never correctly entered in a map number. As long as you're only off by one digit they are accepting
      - sumedh 12y ago
        > I refuse to help them improve Google Maps. I have never correctly entered in a map number. So why don't you stop using Google products if you hate it so much?
        lmm 12y ago
        I do, but sites still use captchas that give my work to google.
        Vik1ng 12y ago
        Let's hope this gains some traction http://wiki.hsr.ch/StefanKeller/ReMAPTCHA http://wiki.hsr.ch/StefanKeller/ReMAPTCHA
  - smackfu 12y ago
    I assume that too many failures puts your profile back into the "hard captcha" pool.
    - Buge 12y ago
      They probably count total tries per period of time, not failures. Bots can be accurate if the captcha is easy.
  - crazypyro 12y ago
    1. Block people who don't have a profile that may be spammers 2. Free human OCR
Igglyboo 12y ago
Same here, maybe they trust people who are using their services more and want them to OCR some google street view stuff.
- nobodyshere 12y ago
  Leaving no captcha would be a hint for spammers to provide requests with valid cookies thus simplifying the task. I assume that's the reason for increased difficulty in incognito.
adestefan 12y ago
I've also seen a lot of house numbers in Firefox.
- kijiki 12y ago
  It is based on the google tracking cookies, not being logged in. I don't have a google account, but I still see the house #s on firefox, until I flush their cookies.
Timshel 12y ago
And if you start entering some number that are close to the correct answer most times it's accepted. But if you do it like ten times you might be switched to the two words version.

by smackfu 12y ago

nandhp 12y ago

Yes: reCAPTCHA now keeps a profile of you and gives humanoid users easier reCAPTCHAs. http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2013/10/recaptcha-just-got-easier-but-only-if.html http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2013/10/recaptcha-j...

metacorrector 12y ago
in other words, it's not giving you reCaptchas, it's giving you unCaptcha's yet so you can do work for them for google streetview.

wmf 12y ago

Yep, in incognito mode Google hasn't built up a profile of you yet so they assume you're a spammer.

snarfy 12y ago
If they are using your profile, what is the point of recaptcha then? It's circular reasoning.
- brianbreslin 12y ago
  You are free labor
  - Larrikin 12y ago
    It was one thing when they were digitizing books. I refuse to help them improve Google Maps. I have never correctly entered in a map number. As long as you're only off by one digit they are accepting
    - sumedh 12y ago
      > I refuse to help them improve Google Maps. I have never correctly entered in a map number. So why don't you stop using Google products if you hate it so much?
      - lmm 12y ago
        I do, but sites still use captchas that give my work to google.
      - Vik1ng 12y ago
        Let's hope this gains some traction http://wiki.hsr.ch/StefanKeller/ReMAPTCHA http://wiki.hsr.ch/StefanKeller/ReMAPTCHA
- smackfu 12y ago
  I assume that too many failures puts your profile back into the "hard captcha" pool.
  - Buge 12y ago
    They probably count total tries per period of time, not failures. Bots can be accurate if the captcha is easy.
- crazypyro 12y ago
  1. Block people who don't have a profile that may be spammers 2. Free human OCR

Igglyboo 12y ago

Same here, maybe they trust people who are using their services more and want them to OCR some google street view stuff.

nobodyshere 12y ago
Leaving no captcha would be a hint for spammers to provide requests with valid cookies thus simplifying the task. I assume that's the reason for increased difficulty in incognito.

adestefan 12y ago

I've also seen a lot of house numbers in Firefox.

kijiki 12y ago
It is based on the google tracking cookies, not being logged in. I don't have a google account, but I still see the house #s on firefox, until I flush their cookies.

Timshel 12y ago

And if you start entering some number that are close to the correct answer most times it's accepted. But if you do it like ten times you might be switched to the two words version.