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Doesn't seem to get any better as the years go by. I was just trying for 5 minutes to prove to Youtube I am no robot. In vain, I gave up because it kept presenting an endless stream of new tiles...
On a different note I subscribe to the NYT. I was having to go through multiple sets of pictures when I know I was choosing the right (and all) the ones.
I sent feedback to them and they told me it was Firefox. I wrote back and called BS.
In less than a week I found I rarely had to go through one set, and on occasion, none.
Choosing the right ones is not that simple as the tiles tend to be rather small and at times difficult to interpret.
It also seems that at first it makes a check mark on any tiles you click on, even the wrong ones
... and things overlap, so you're not sure if choose one or more tiles for the same things. Yes, I did experience multiple attempts to validate that I am a human. And yes, (too) many times I just gave up.
This is the most stupid invention I ever came across on the Internet. Its going on for years now. You would think that they should come up with something less annoying...
I wish they will hurry and implement the Invisible reCaptcha, but I am ok with the Simple Math captcha I see sometimes. https://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/captcha/
I'm sure you've all seen those picture Captchas, like: "Select all squares with crosswalks/storefronts/stoplights/fire hydrants". Well, some of them kind of ambiguous, if you ask me. For crosswalks or fire hydrants, it's easy: it's either there or it isn't. Although in some cases, the crosswalks are of British design, which Americans may not be familiar with, although even then, you know it's a crosswalk. But other pictures can be confusing. For example...
...the storefront. Obviously, a house or a park is a definite "no". What if it's an office building entrance? It's a front entrance of a building, which can be loosely called a storefront, but it's not a front of a store. So do you count it or no?
...the stoplight. What parts do you count? If a square only has the stoplight support poles showing, do you count it? It's part of a stoplight, but not the stoplight itself. Or do you count only the squares with the red/yellow/green lights? Or if it's a pedestrian or a streetcar stoplight, does it count?
In all these cases, I've been erring on the side of "yes", and the Captcha usually let me through. I figure it cares that you select all the correct pictures, and simply ignores the extras---unless you select all pictures in the Captcha. Although it can still be quite arbitrary at times. But what do other people think? How do you resolve the ambiguity?
You ever notice captcha is always traffic related? I heard that they can tell if you are a human just by the way you move the mouse and captchas real goal is to collect data for self driving car technologies. I’m no conspiracy guy, I just don’t think this is much of a stretch to be honest.
Link is long form but a good listen and scary if true that these tech companies are collecting and selling your data.
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Unusual question about picture Captchas
