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Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
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Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#122You can view your reCaptcha V3 score here: https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v3-request-scor... I get .7 on my iPhone, I’m guessing that my liberal use of Firefox containers and the cookie auto-delete extension on my desktop will give me a much lower score and cause me to have to jump through extra hoops at websites that implement it, just like the reCaptcha V2 does. Edit: I also got 0.7 on Firefox with st…
Work Firefox which I use all the time, no addons (including any adblockers): 0.1
Almost unused Chrome installation, also without addons: 0.7
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#123So this is probably a bit off topic, but why don't more site owners just create their own unique anti-spam system? In my opinion, if they were simpler, yet all unique, there would be less bots that could mass spam and privacy would be improved. Even something as simple as a question: "How many legs does a spider have?" ____ And then cycle through different types of free form questions of things that most people shoul…
Most sites use reCAPTCHA to protect against bot registrations, sometimes targeted to their specific registration system. Any simple solution would defeat the purpose of a CAPTCHA.
idk, recaptcha solvers are about $3/1000 or something. That sounds like a very low hurdle to mess with most websites if that's their line of defense.
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#124You can view your reCaptcha V3 score here: https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v3-request-scor... I get .7 on my iPhone, I’m guessing that my liberal use of Firefox containers and the cookie auto-delete extension on my desktop will give me a much lower score and cause me to have to jump through extra hoops at websites that implement it, just like the reCaptcha V2 does. Edit: I also got 0.7 on Firefox with st…
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Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#125There are a lot of sites that are totally unusable on Firefox regardless how much you use ff. I do all my mobile browsing on FF yet when I try to use some websites I always get this Recaptcha failed error(1) while it works flawlessly on chrome though I never use it often. Try it, maybe it will happen for you too. Same happens on most sites which show you that "checking your browser" page via cloudflare too. The web i…
Funny enough I had to wait on the 5 second Cloudflare check to access that image. However I am using Chrome. That check I have found to be rather annoying. I assumed it would do it once, but it seems I have to go through it daily on sites I use regardless of which browser or device I use.
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#126Google has been doing the same with reCAPTCHA v2 [1]. They are aware of the legal risk of outright blocking users from accessing services, so reCAPTCHA v3 contains no user facing UI, Google merely makes a suggestion in the form of a user score, so the responsibility to delay or block access and the legal liability that comes with it falls on websites.
reCAPTCHA v2 is superseded by v3 because it presents a broader opportunity for Google to collect data, and do so with reduced legal risk.
Since reCAPTCHA v3 scripts must be loaded on every page of a site, you must send Google your browsing history and detailed data about how you interact with sites in order to access basic services on the internet, such as paying your bills, or accessing healthcare services.
It's needless to say that the kind of data that is collected by reCAPTCHA v3 is extremely sensitive. Those requests contain data about your motor skills, health issues, and your interests and desires based on how you interact with content. Everything about you that can be inferred or extracted from a website visit is collected and sent to Google.
If you'll refuse to transmit personal data to Google, websites will hinder or block your access.
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#127Wouldn't reCaptcha V3 also make things much more difficult for Google competitors, assuming that site owners place it on every page? I'm guessing it will block any sort of scraper (since scraper access patterns don't look human) with some sort of whitelist for Google's scrapers.
They typically won't completely deny access, but only disallow certain actions (posting a comment etc). All out denying access will likely get site owners into trouble, at least in the EU - you need to be able to access privacy information, publisher info etc. I'm also not sure whether non-opt-in usage of recaptchav3 is GDPR compliant.
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#128Next step: recapcha pro. $29 a year (by CC or Googlecoin of course!) to browse the web free of recapchas and be able to use your favourite sites again.
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#129You can view your reCaptcha V3 score here: https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v3-request-scor... I get .7 on my iPhone, I’m guessing that my liberal use of Firefox containers and the cookie auto-delete extension on my desktop will give me a much lower score and cause me to have to jump through extra hoops at websites that implement it, just like the reCaptcha V2 does. Edit: I also got 0.7 on Firefox with st…
This looks like a RNG: I got 0.7, 0.9, and 0.1 successively. It can't make up its mind whether I'm almost certainly not a bot (0.9) or almost certainly a bot (0.1)?
Perhaps the rapid, repeated identical requests outweighed the initial factors which gave you a positive response
Re: Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side
#130Google's captcha system is overkill for most websites. If I want to filter out bad actors (on a simple straight-forward site), there are other more simpler and easier to solve captcha systems out there. They might not have the rigour of Google's system, but they do the job, and well. I would however use Google's system if the site is massive and there is the possibility that someone is using a script or some program…
Which Captcha systems would you recommend?
On that note, has anyone tried hCaptcha? I am considering using it on a project