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Re:SQL X-to-Y by gberger on Sunday November 01, 2020 @01:22PM (#24961353)
Why do I have to complete a captcha to access this website?
Re:SQL X-to-Y by afandian on Sunday November 01, 2020 @02:16PM (#24961731)
You don't. Just close the site! I was curious but not that curious...

(edit: it's archived: http://archive.is/H9EYE )

Re:SQL X-to-Y by t0mas88 on Sunday November 01, 2020 @04:41PM (#24962760)
They even dare to tell you to turn off ad blocking to get through the Cloudflare captcha. So much for "making the internet faster"...
Re:SQL X-to-Y by yamrzou on Sunday November 01, 2020 @02:25PM (#24961798)
In addition, I find the new hCaptcha used by Cloudflare much worse than reCAPTCHA. It's slower, with ambiguous inputs demanding more mental effort, and sometimes it just refuses my correct answers.
Re:SQL X-to-Y by flotzam on Sunday November 01, 2020 @02:40PM (#24961906)
Google probably has a good enough handle on you to serve the easy captchas. But keep in mind that for users they can't fingerprint (e.g. with Tor Browser), reCAPTCHA is usually insanely hard or even blocked ("Your computer or network may be sending automated queries"). hCaptcha has been heavenly compared to that.
Re:SQL X-to-Y by bigbubba on Sunday November 01, 2020 @03:57PM (#24962447)
'Hard' is not quite the right word for it. reCAPTCHA frequently rejects objectively correct responses when they fail to fingerprint you.
Re:SQL X-to-Y by dspillett on Sunday November 01, 2020 @01:48PM (#24961514)
I've seen some sites suggest they CAPTCHAs will go away if I disable my ad blocker[†], so if not everyone is getting it this could be a factor. Before I bother even clicking to see if I get the CAPTCHA, is the content worth the effort?

[†] I can see how this replaces ad revenue at all, so I assume it is an attempt to make running an ad blocker seem like an inconvenience rather than a benefit.

Re:SQL X-to-Y by jontro on Sunday November 01, 2020 @01:55PM (#24961569)
I still got the captcha even though I'm running no adblocker
Re:SQL X-to-Y by panda17 on Sunday November 01, 2020 @01:55PM (#24961567)
Sorry, firewall thing -- dependent on recent (geo-ip) threats. Nothing to do with ads -- no ads.
Re:SQL X-to-Y by orf on Sunday November 01, 2020 @02:17PM (#24961748)
Turn it off.
Re:SQL X-to-Y by crtasm on Sunday November 01, 2020 @05:05PM (#24962940)
What threat to you are bots viewing your website?
Re:SQL X-to-Y by netsharc on Sunday November 01, 2020 @01:24PM (#24961364)
Same here, today I figured out I'm not human...