• @MTLion3@lemm.ee
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    722 years ago

    It’s so obvious it’s a scam too because of how vague some of the “challenges” are. “Click all the squares that contain a bike” and then you do it in every conceivable way AND IT STILL WONT ACCEPT YOUR SUBMISSION. Stupid

    • @Squorlple@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I’ve had a Captcha that required an image like this one to be classified as a bike

      Ceci n’est pas un vélo

    • @inspxtr@lemmy.world
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      212 years ago

      I have a suspicion that it might depend on a few factors that might be related to Google’s ability to track, such as the browsers you use and whether you’re on VPN. I saw a post on Lemmy the other day (can’t remember where) that they suspect captcha is more annoying on Firefox, whereas fine with Chrominum-based browsers, esp Google Chrome. I think I sometimes experienced this as well, but I didn’t keep track.

      • @TrustingZebra@lemmy.one
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        152 years ago

        Yep when using a VPN I get way more captchas on Google web searches (regardless of browser).

        It makes it really annoying to search on Google, to the point I want to turn off my VPN or use other search engines.

        • @Chreutz@lemmy.world
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          62 years ago

          It’s also likely that it is because they are seeing a large number of searches from one IP (the VPN exit server), and that can look like bots.

        • @inspxtr@lemmy.world
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          22 years ago

          For search engines, I’ve never used it but there’s whoogle that’s supposed to be proxy for google search.

          • @TrustingZebra@lemmy.one
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            22 years ago

            Here’s the thing about all search engines that aren’t Google (including the ones “based” on Google results). They all suck for regional results in many non-Latin languages.

    • Zagorath
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      72 years ago

      I had one today where it was click on all the squares that contain a bus. One square very clearly contained a truck, not a bus. When I didn’t select that square, it told me I was wrong.

      They’re so infuriating.