Google's reCAPTCHA v2 just labor exploitation, boffins say
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Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them
  • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
    14·
    5 months ago

    It’s great for gaslighting people into thinking they don’t know what a bicycle looks like!

    • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      I spent a huge amount of time last night clicking on motorcycles because I absolutely could not convince PayPal or Google I was a legitimate human who wanted to exchange currency for goods and services

      • saigot@lemmy.ca
        1·
        5 months ago

        I find if I trace a figure 8 in the screen with my mouse the captcha passes much more often. I think it probably reads the small variations in your mouse movement to sus out bots, so the figure 8 gives it more data to work with.

        • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          I eventually gave up and decided to see if they were being hostile to my network and privacy settings. Lo and behold, I was able to log in when I adjusted the strictness of my VPN. Fortunately the service I was trying to exchange currency for was a better VPN with more security and privacy, so I was willing to take the L on that one interactions