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408 points blindgeek | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source

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isodev ◴[18 Nov 24 14:57 UTC] No.42172859[source]▶

Why are captchas even a thing still? If folks want to scrape something or build an automation around something, then why not let them do it? They still have to respect the system they're logging in. Not to mention the privacy perk of not exposing your visitors to some captcha service with a dozen or more data subprocessors.

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1. grishka ◴[18 Nov 24 16:01 UTC] No.42173643[source]▶

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Simple distorted-characters captchas still do a good job of catching unsophisticated bots, which is most of them. They work even better when combined with hidden form fields because these bots don't support CSS.

Targeted attacks though? You're making your legitimate users suffer only so that you defeat 99% of bots instead of 95%.

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