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Re:Lightweight open source reCaptcha alternative by ArinaS on Thursday May 15, 2025 @09:15AM (#43994707)
> "It also puts of some genuine users like me who prefer to keep JS off."

Non-javascript challenges are also available[1].

> "The 97% is only accurate if you assume a zero false positive rate."

GNOME's gitlab instance is not something people visit daily like Wikipedia, so it's a negligible amount of false positives.

[1] - https://git.gammaspectra.live/git/go-away/wiki/Challenges#no...

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Re:Lightweight open source reCaptcha alternative by graemep on Thursday May 15, 2025 @10:17AM (#43995361)
> Non-javascript challenges are also available

Did not know that. Good news

> NOME's gitlab instance is not something people visit daily like Wikipedia, so it's a negligible amount of false positives.

As an absolute number, yes, but as a proportion?

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