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Re:Captcha pictures force you to look at the world the way a... by kop316 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:16PM (#28101906)
> Being asked by a machine to prove that you are human is sometimes really humiliating

In a quite a few instances, I find it flattering, because it implies "we haven't sucked enough data on you already to know if you are a human, so we need to be sure."

Re:Captcha pictures force you to look at the world the way a... by xdennis on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:59PM (#28102265)
I find it infuriating because it pits me against other people without explaining what the rules are.

If it says "select a sign" and I see there's also a sign far away in the distance only a few pixels in size, I select it because it is a sign. I think most people don't because I frequently get many tests after, because I'm not human enough for them.

Re:Captcha pictures force you to look at the world the way a... by Banana699 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:23PM (#28102426)
It's actually a sign of bad ergonomics and disrespect for your time and effort. There are already sites that know you're human by your mouse/touch behaviour. Only if js is blocked do they need to resort to those ridiculous multi-level games they make you play.

My surprise if the sites that do those things turned out to be using humans for free labeling of images would be an exact, unsigned zero.

Re:Captcha pictures force you to look at the world the way a... by kop316 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:28PM (#28102463)
> Only if js is blocked do they need to resort to those ridiculous multi-level games they make you play.

In all fairness, i usually do that.