Re:The Captcha Paradox
by creatonez on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:07AM
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WebGPU requires Vulkan or a Vulkan-like API to be present and not blacklisted. I wonder if they are fingerprinting the nuances of your system's Vulkan implementation? Not sure why WebGL based fingerprinting wouldn't be enough for this -- maybe because folks wishing to get around the fingerprinting have already made deterministic OpenGL renderers.
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Re:The Captcha Paradox
by Disposal8433 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:13AM
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After some tweaking it was definitely the fingerprinting that got me. I don't know why we still have this after the push of the industry for 2FA and Passkeys.
Re:The Captcha Paradox
by johnisgood on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:09AM
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I do not think my system and/or hardware supports Vulkan, but I never had issues with PayPal's invisible CAPTCHA (is it invisible or I just never see it?).
Re:The Captcha Paradox
by Disposal8433 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:14AM
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It was yet another captcha that looks like a puzzle right after the 2FA step.
Re:The Captcha Paradox
by johnisgood on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:17AM
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Oh, I think I came across that (I think it was PayPal? I actually don't know because I rarely see any on PayPal) before. It worked for me, but I do not have Vulkan, I believe. So I am not sure what happened in your case. You could call up their support (I did a few times before because I got locked out). This was a few months ago, I could get to a human pretty quickly (at least at that time). It was a sweet lady, and she spoke English (only). My problem was resolved within minutes. That said, in your case they would probably tell you to try a different browser, or even a different IP address (VPNs may have an issue).