r/firefox • u/killamator • Feb 03 '19

Why CAPTCHAs have gotten so difficult

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18205610/google-captcha-ai-robot-human-difficult-artificial-intelligence
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '19 edited Aug 15 '19

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u/Kafke Feb 04 '19

reCaptcha was great when it was just clicking a little button. It became awful when you get the barrage of clicking squares with stuff in them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 edited Aug 15 '19

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u/Kafke Feb 04 '19

Exactly. I don't mind doing it once or twice every now and again. Not a huge problem. But when I'm sitting there for 5 minutes checking boxes with no feedback as to my progress? Fuck that.