Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not so on Chrome

Posted by onetimemanytime on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:46PM
from the self-post dept.

I use an ISP that apparently has has IPs blacklisted as fishy. Nothing I can do about that. But I have noticed that using Firefox I am greeted with many screens of reCaptcha even if i solve them correctly. When I give up and use Chrome, not logged and all cookies cleared, it works many times without having to fill in reCatcha at all. It's not scientific but it has happened to me almost hundreds of times.

Anyone else noticing that using Chrome saves you from filling less reCaptcha ?

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:56PM (#18079658)

Google has some sort of human detection that they don't disclose the workings of beyond the little puzzles. I'm guessing that works better on Chrome.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/google-new-recaptcha-system/

Personally, reCAPTCHA drives me crazy, and I've definitely noted it's been worse since I stopped using or signing into Google products and services. I've contacted several sites using it to ask them to remove it.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by thecodingmonk on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:36AM (#18083102)

This also happens very frequently when I'm connected through a VPN. Must be that the IP is blacklisted or something, but basically there's no way to go past the captcha because it will keep showing images to validate forever.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by justtopost on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:09PM (#18079779)

I ocassionally seem to get locked out of captcha. The images appear, but no amount of selecting them makes it happy. It is infuriating. I end up usi g a different service that eschews googles terrible captchas.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by arayh on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:07PM (#18079763)

It might be a symptom of another issue altogether, such as Firefox blocking some assets or communication.

I noticed that I can pass most instances of reCAPTCHA by randomly moving my cursor across the page for 2-3 seconds before clicking on the checkbox. Usually this lets me bypass the image captcha portion, assuming the reCAPTCHA was not configured for additional security. This probably works on invisible reCAPTCHA as well.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by notriddle on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:47PM (#18080123)

I've had it happen in Tor browser, but that seems tied to the IP address, since I can usually click "switch identity", solve one more CAPTCHA, then it'll let me in.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by codegladiator on Thursday September 27, 2018 @03:26AM (#18082630)

I faced this too. I now tend to close the site if it presents a google recaptcha.

Also gmail doesn't work nicely in firefox. Lot of lag/delay compared to chrome.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by Crontab on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:18PM (#18089311)

I can't help but wonder if this is a subtle way of making the lives of non-Chrome users harder.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by elvecinodeabajo on Thursday September 27, 2018 @07:26PM (#18089769)

It happens so often to me that I'm not sure if I'm a human or a bot.

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Re:Google reCaptacha 'impossible' to solve on Firefox, not s... by db48x on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:23PM (#18079907)

Yes, it's really terrible. I usually give up rather than bother trying to solve it.

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