On: Captchas are Becoming Ridiculous

[wmf]

Yep, in incognito mode Google hasn't built up a profile of you yet so they assume you're a spammer.

[snarfy → wmf]

If they are using your profile, what is the point of recaptcha then? It's circular reasoning.

[crazypyro → snarfy]

1. Block people who don't have a profile that may be spammers

2. Free human OCR

[brianbreslin → snarfy]

You are free labor

[Larrikin → brianbreslin]

It was one thing when they were digitizing books. I refuse to help them improve Google Maps. I have never correctly entered in a map number. As long as you're only off by one digit they are accepting

[sumedh → Larrikin]

> I refuse to help them improve Google Maps. I have never correctly entered in a map number.

So why don't you stop using Google products if you hate it so much?

[Vik1ng → sumedh]

Let's hope this gains some traction

http://wiki.hsr.ch/StefanKeller/ReMAPTCHA

[lmm → sumedh]

I do, but sites still use captchas that give my work to google.

[smackfu → snarfy]

I assume that too many failures puts your profile back into the "hard captcha" pool.

[Buge → smackfu]

They probably count total tries per period of time, not failures. Bots can be accurate if the captcha is easy.