Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side

Post by josteink » Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 4:44 PM UTC

llao wrote: post #67

cbsks wrote: post #5

You 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…

> NOTE:This is a sample implementation, the score returned here is not a reflection on your Google account or type of traffic.

Post by m463 » Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 4:48 PM UTC

seieste wrote: post #74

There are government services, such as the USPTO, that rely on Google reCAPTCHA. The new reCAPTCHA has made it difficult for me to access documents, and sometimes they think that I'm a bot and thus deny me access entirely. Does the government realize the consequences of this? Both that it pushes users to use Chromium-based browsers, and that they're helping to solidify a company that already has a near monopoly in th…

Post by Liquix » Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 4:50 PM UTC

baq wrote: post #156

oil25 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

reCAPTCHA on VPN is difficult, but on the Tor network, they are downright impossible. I've never been able to get past it, even after a few dozen painful attempts. That means Google services are entirely off-limits over Tor, even Search, which is a disgrace.

they have a patent on giving out unbeatable challenges when the computer thinks it's dealing with a 'malicious agent'. https://patents.google.com/patent/US9407661B2/en

Post by aidenn0 » Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

m463 wrote: post #163

seieste wrote: post #74

There are government services, such as the USPTO, that rely on Google reCAPTCHA. The new reCAPTCHA has made it difficult for me to access documents, and sometimes they think that I'm a bot and thus deny me access entirely. Does the government realize the consequences of this? Both that it pushes users to use Chromium-based browsers, and that they're helping to solidify a company that already has a near monopoly in th…

You are required to use reCAPTCHA on the California DMV website when making appointments and other functions. https://www.dmv.ca.gov It will also log you in to google on the first page. Additionally, the stations at the DMV all have tablets on stands, showing Google logins for some operations.

Post by driverdan » Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

octosphere wrote: post #11

Google'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…