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> We are still "enjoying" unsolvable recapthas everywhere

You know, I hardly ever see those things.

They come up as part of a challenge-response when the server thinks your traffic is sus. I generally avoid them by staying logged in, not blocking cookies, and not using Tor or another route obfuscator.



In other words, enabling precise tracking of your internet activities. Maybe it doesn't bother you, but I'm pretty sure it does many others (myself included).

(BTW, the "server" is very often a reverse proxy hosted by Cloudflare that decrypts your connection to the actual server by design. In all likelihood, there's more data mining done there than we're made aware of :)


Yes, that's the main problem, that captchas are "invisible" to users logged into Google account. Not to mention some smart developers who are putting recaptchas on government websites, even when you authenticate in with your digital ID.


> They come up as part of a challenge-response when the server thinks your traffic is sus. I generally avoid them by staying logged in, not blocking cookies, and not using Tor or another route obfuscator.

Which sounds great until you leave your cozy little corner of the first world and discover that millions of people are behind CGNAT.




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