Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#1

Post by hedora » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 10:46 PM UTC

I just got a recaptcha prompt while logging in.

Has Google been linking my HN profile to my ad profile this whole time?

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#2

Post by bhhaskin » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 10:58 PM UTC

Might be cloudflare. They use Recaptcha.

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#3

Post by gitgud » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 12:11 AM UTC

bhhaskin wrote: post #2

Might be cloudflare. They use Recaptcha.

Pretty sure Hacker News doesn't use cloud flare.

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#4

Post by bhhaskin » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 12:36 AM UTC

gitgud wrote: post #3

bhhaskin wrote: post #2

Might be cloudflare. They use Recaptcha.

Pretty sure Hacker News doesn't use cloud flare.

They very much do!

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#5

Post by gitgud » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 12:58 AM UTC

bhhaskin wrote: post #4

gitgud wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty sure Hacker News doesn't use cloud flare.

They very much do!

Really, what service are they using? A few months ago Cloud Flare went down along with almost all the sites using them, but HN was unaffected. It's also not shown on any scanning tools. I guess I assumed wrong...

https://www.whoishostingthis.com/?track=AdwordsBrand&gclid=C...

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#6

Post by summm » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 3:45 AM UTC

bhhaskin wrote: post #2

Might be cloudflare. They use Recaptcha.

No. It's a 2nd screen to complete login. It also breaks mobile clients such as materialistic and is plain evil anyway

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#7

Post by jvagner » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 4:40 AM UTC

The recaptcha has broken HACK, the iOS app, for me.

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#8

Post by travislane » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 5:00 AM UTC

I was also made to log in via a recaptcha today. The recaptcha widget appears just below the HN login form so pretty sure this is added by HN, not Cloudflare.

If people are complaining about it on this thread, I would also like to register my complaint with it. I think Recaptcha has two major problems:

- It's Google. I would want it to be technically impossible for someone in Google to link my HN profile with my Google profile.

- The Recaptcha widget is plain abusive to Firefox users. If I log in with Chrome, I can get past the Recaptcha hurdle in just one attempt. But if I am Firefox user, I am forced to submit like 5 Recaptchas, then be greeted with a "Please try again" message, then submit like 5 more, and only then be allowed to log in. No I don't want to do this amount of work for Google for free. I urge everyone to please stop supporting Recaptcha.

Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#9

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 5:29 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: When did HN start using recaptcha?

#10

Post by alt_f4 » Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 11:08 AM UTC

apparently very recently. fking disgraceful.