Like many things that start out as a mere annoyance, though eventually grow into somewhat of an affliction.
Im talking about the filth that is reCAPTCHA.
Yes that seemingly harmless question of Are you a human?
However, this couldnt be further from the truth, as reCAPTCHA is actually something that causes abuse.
Some bots were good and helpful and made things easier and more efficient for everyone.
Late edit:*Although the topic of who made reCAPTCHA?
is mostly irrelevant as far as this posts topic is concerned.
With the torch now passed to Google, and in really no better shape than the original countermeasure.
So they came up with a way that almost no one was able to criticize them.
What am I talking about?
I solved thousands of these myself.
A simple quick single or double word combination which could also be played out via audio.
Mildly annoying but quick and simple for humans, and apparently hard for computers.
Except when it became trivial for computers.
So Google had to up the ante.
It started out as the lesser of two evils, the good guy vs the bad guys.
Yep thats exactly what it looks like.
A Professional company that literally EMPLOYS PEOPLE TO SOLVE OTHER PEOPLES reCAPTCHAs.
Oh wait it cant be that ba-
How to meet the resistance in battle?
Well, fast-forward to now and youve got this disease that is reCAPTCHA v2.
That beast that blocks your path every time you want or need to login or write anything online.
I personally could do them in about 2-3 if Id had my coffee.
In fact, people are doing studies on how long it takes different types of people to solve them.
Such asthis one here.
THE AVERAGE TIME IS OVER 30 SECONDS!
No, no, no.
Im talking about why, despite you being a completely normal human being of sound deductive capability.
You… just… keep…
So why…whydoes this happen?
There are no short-cuts now.
It doesnt matter if youre logged into your Google account and allowing all manner of cookies.
Google, despite its ability to track you even through every single reCAPTCHA prompt.
They STILL force you to solve these things even though they know damn well youre not a robot.
Because fuck you, thats why!
Things are only set to get worse too, and [Im certainlyto the only one who thinks so.
all begging the question of I mean do youreallyI meanreallyneed to login or submit that post?
What if you try later…Maybe it will just go away?If only.
and…
YOU WILLWANTTO PAY A COMPANY TO SOLVE THESE THINGS FOR YOU.
BUT YOU WONT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT!
If such a thing sounds like a fairytale to you, my dear reader, you areverynaive.
Now wait, thats an idea!BRB whilst I go patent that.
is literally exactly that, a human.
Either you, or some poor sod you are paying.
So whats it gonna be?
This article was originally published by Nils Gronkjaer.
you’re free to read ithere.
