hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet

Re:hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet by 10000truths on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @05:24PM (#25214964)

Why bother with a proof of work scheme when you can just rate-limit directly? It accomplishes the same thing, while eating way fewer CPU cycles, doesn’t require JavaScript, and guarantees uniform cost between all client types.

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Re:hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet by __s on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @06:57PM (#25215621)

This sibling comment was responding to you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25215024

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Re:hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet by withinboredom on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:42AM (#25219498)

So, if your app takes off on a college campus, you’d block them?

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