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Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”

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Re: Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”

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post #134

It rise privacy concern for me. If real name and email validation is mandatory, I will wonder what Google will use that data for. Is that some kind of monitor tool which want to know REAL NAME, EMAIL ADDR whenever you want to use a website? Don't forget Google always beg for your telephone number for "security reasons", Google+ wants your real name for "Policy reason", I upgraded one of my Nexus to Android L, and eve…

Where are you seeing mandatory real name and email validation?

Re: Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”

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post #115
post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well if you ever run for political office it's going to save them a boatload on campaign contributions.

Eh, you never know. Attitudes toward certain improprieties have moderated in recent years...

So what? Other once acceptable behavior is no longer tolerated.

There is always a center, just because it moves doesn't mean that people can't be a socially unacceptable distance from it.

Re: Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”

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post #95

It's definitely not only relying on cursor movements. A simple $('iframe').contents().find('.recaptcha-checkbox-checkmark').click() proved that I'm not a robot, without me touching the mouse.

Are you logged into Google? If you have their cookies it's one indication you're not a robot.

Wouldn't it be possible to just tune bots easier now instead of having to work with OCR?

Re: Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”

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post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly what I was thinking. Even if Google got smart enough to detect that the distorted path speed was too mechanical, you could record 100's of macros of yourself moving the mouse towards a target. When it's time to submit a captcha, select one of the macros at random and play it back with some slight randomness added. Voilà!

Mouse movement is not the only factor Google is using.

I don't have a mouse, as I'm using a tablet device, and it recognized me as a human as long as I have cookies enabled

Re: Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”

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post #6

The old recaptcha takes good sites and gives them terrible user experience. I tried to order tickets one time on ticketmaster and actually gave up because I couldn't get past the captcha. I hate current captchas with a passion and I hope they finally die. I understand fighting spam but when it completely ruins a user experience it's not worth it. edit: Bury me with no explanation why? Please don't tell me you think t…

I'm guessing your third sentence triggered a penalty. Replace "current captchas" with a blank and you'll see why.

I agree that the reCAPTCHA experience is terrible and assume many others agree with you, in part spurring the development of this new approach. I don't believe that every reCAPTCHA has a solution, or at least a consistent one, so I always feel like a percentage of time wasting is built-in. To work around it, I usually regenerate it until I get one that looks easy, but it's still frustrating. Improving the odds of getting it right the first time will help improve the experience a bit. But my biggest gripe is that they can make direct downloads impossible for resources that don't require extra protection.

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