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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Nowadays there are some really annoying CAPTCHAs out there, such as:

  • "Click over the figures that are upwards/downwards" and various rotated bears
  • "Rotate the figure until it matches the given orientation" and a finger pointing to some random direction, as well as rotation buttons that don't work the way you would mathematically expect them to work
  • "Select all the images with a bicycle until there are none left" and the images take centuries to fade away after you click them
  • "Select all the squares containing a bus" and there are squares with the very corner of the bus that make you wonder if they are considered as part of "squares containing A bus"
  • "Fit the puzzle piece", although this is the least annoying one

In summary, the CAPTCHAs seemingly are becoming less of a "prove you're not a robot" and more of an forced IQ test. I can see the day when CAPTCHAs will ask you to write down a Laplacian transform for the solution f(x) to the differential equation governing the motion of a mass considering the resistance of air and aerodynamics, or write down a detailed solution to the P versus NP problem.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

No, CAPTCHAs these days track mouse movements and other factors. They make you second guess if something should be included because, as a human, that's going to be something you do. And it'll be obvious from both that hesitation and your squishy, inaccurate mouse movements that you're a human.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can't track mouse movements on mobile though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You used to could, on Blackberry at least.

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