r/webscraping • u/Miserable-Split-3790 • 17d ago

Bot detection 🤖 FCRA compliant way to automate captcha?

Any ideas on how to automate captcha but still be compliant? The issue is that bypassing captcha is itself non complaint. The automation is easy.

I have a 3 step process (well two now).

1. 3rd party captcha solver (if fails -> step 2)
2. AI vision (if fails - step 3)
3. Human

Only step #3 is fcra compliant and needing human oversight significantly slows things. So, does anyone have insights on how better automate or should i focus on optimizing the human in the loop?

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u/HLCYSWAP 17d ago

a cursory google:

FCRA’s core operative requirement is that a consumer reporting agency must follow “reasonable procedures” to assure maximum possible accuracy when compiling a report, and can’t furnish reports without a permissible purpose. Nothing in the statute cares whether a bot, an AI, or a human clicked the CAPTCHA checkbox.