mox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoCAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarexektop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoCaptcha was never good at stopping bots. It was always used to identify who is a human. In other words exactly the opposite of what you think.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThat doesn’t make sense. There are only bots and humans. Identifying humans is stopping bots, and vice versa.
minus-squarexektop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI have edited my comment. You can check this video which will explain it much better than myself: https://youtu.be/VTsBP21-XpI
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI can personally confirm it very much did help curb botting issues on my website.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoSeconded, websites with logins are practically unusable without the tool. We had to disable it once and our database got flooded by unverified accounts. Absolutely awful.
minus-squarexektop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI have edited my original comment, but this will explain it much better and showcase my statement much better: https://youtu.be/VTsBP21-XpI
Captcha was never good at stopping bots. It was always used to identify who is a human. In other words exactly the opposite of what you think.
That doesn’t make sense. There are only bots and humans. Identifying humans is stopping bots, and vice versa.
I have edited my comment. You can check this video which will explain it much better than myself: https://youtu.be/VTsBP21-XpI
I can personally confirm it very much did help curb botting issues on my website.
Seconded, websites with logins are practically unusable without the tool. We had to disable it once and our database got flooded by unverified accounts. Absolutely awful.
I have edited my original comment, but this will explain it much better and showcase my statement much better: https://youtu.be/VTsBP21-XpI