... or you'll need to stop using reCAPTCHA if you want to get any traffic on your Web site.

I know, people will slavishly knuckle under, but let me dream for a few minutes.

tardedmeme 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

99.999% of people don't give a shit and don't even know what this means. They'll follow the instructions. These are the same 99.999% of people who press win+R ctrl+V enter when the captcha prompts them to. Because do this to see the dancing bunnies.

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KellyCriterion 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> press win+R ctrl+V

LOL is this real?

I guess yes, because yesterday ReCaptcha asked me to screenshot a QR-code with the mobilephone :-D

	▲	snailmailman 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It’s a common thing for malware. But people are going to be more likely to fall for it when mainstream sites ask you to complete weird tasks with your phone to verify your identity.
	▲	EvanAnderson 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is. There are fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs on pwned Wordpress sites that instruct users to run Powershell scripts.

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mrguyorama 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They will do exactly as it says while also ceaselessly complaining, completely unable to connect their choice to use a website with the pain of using that website.

There's some sort of serious issue with learned helplessness or something

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gowld 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It's almost like some people aren't IT hobbyists.

	▲	Hizonner 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not a heart surgery hobbyist, therefore I don't chop people's chests open, no matter who suggests it.

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ronsor 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, this is going to turn into another malware vector, isn't it?

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tardedmeme 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Discord has a feature where you can log into your account on your PC by scanning a code on your phone.

So does Binance.

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xp84 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Those are good things though? They’re about logging in, on purpose.

Not about attesting to Google that you have a proper smartphone as a proxy for your humanity, like this thing.

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EmbarrassedHelp 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But none of those options are requirements to access the service.

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mystraline 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So does Signal.

	▲	warkdarrior 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But Signal is secure(TM)!

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nonamesleft 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have blocked it for years with ublock origin, if a site doesn't work, ctrl-w. Nowadays i cannot even use google search because of this, any search will trigger a captcha, hilarious (atleast on chromium-based browsers, firefox lets me get a page or two).

	▲	Leonard_of_Q 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ditch Google Search as well then, use something like SearXNG or another meta-search engine. You'll get more representative results, no tracking and no captchas. Sometimes some of the engines may return captchas but they're kept from the search results, i.e. those engines don't get used for the query. You can run your own instance of SearXNG or one of the alternatives or use one of the available public instances, your choice. The fewer direct interactions with the likes of Google/Apple/Microsoft/etc. the better.

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conradfr 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The thing is even a contact form without something like reCaptcha is doomed on today's web: spam all day.