New study suggests effort users put in cracking these puzzles every day may be more trouble than its worth

Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds::New study suggests effort users put in cracking these puzzles every day may be more trouble than its worth

  • cmrn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Those things have been kicking my ass whenever I have a VPN on lately.

    I’m out here clicking stairs, motorbikes, crosswalks, traffic lights, and it just keeps giving me “Try Again” …I’m starting to doubt I’m actually human.

    • confusedwiseman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      That’s the point. You can’t be identified. You will be stopped or harassed until you comply and be willing to be identified.

      Welcome to the brave new internet.

    • Zeron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      I’m convinced many of them fail you on purpose so they do multiples of them. Increasing the amount of training per user.

      My favorites are the ones i used to get on dread, jesus christ i’ve never sworn so much trying to do something so simple, it was ridiculous.

    • PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      I had the same problem. The image ones are ridiculous, so I started using the audio option. I’ve rarely had to try again on those and it’s usually only typing three words.

    • Dempf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been having the same problem even on my home IP. It only happens when I’m using Firefox though. If I use Chrome, and oddly enough change my IP by routing through my rented VPS and pass a few captchas then Google will eventually start to trust Firefox from my home IP. It’s bizarre and Google is really starting to piss me off because I’m wasting so much time on this shit.

  • supercheesecake@aussie.zoneEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    I thought we were just basically training google’s image recognition AI by selecting the squares it asks etc. Nothing to do with security (in practise).

    • residentmarchant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      You’re probably correct now, but back when Captcha’s were introduced, machine vision was nowhere near as advanced as it is now

      It’s funny, but solving Captcha’s probably led to the downfall of Captcha’s

      • Jamie@jamie.moeEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        We’re quickly approaching a world in which the smartest machines are more intelligent than the dumbest humans, which causes a problem for capcha creators.