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The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy. You had me at Google and 'dark side'
They have cookies!
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In the days of ReCaptcha mk 1 (type out the non-words written in illegible text) I used to think that it was the worst thing ever.
Then came ReCaptcha mk 2 (tick the pictures which have x in them, even though they arguably all do or don't) I was forced to update that opinion.
Now we have one that assumes that anyone with a Google account is human and anyone without one is not and I sense that I'll soon be updating that opinion again.
Taking something awful and successfully making it worse with every single iteration is clearly a skill of sorts, but it's not one that should be inflicted upon the public.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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So just block the recaptcha servers altogether.
Sites will rethink things, once they see their revenues dropping because the recaptcha script is not letting anyone in.
Thinking something is bad doesn't change it. You have to put your money where your mouth is.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I hate google captcha now. I will hate it even more in the future I guess...
No more Mister Nice Guy... >: |
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I don't use reCaptcha on my website anymore. Tried https://hcaptcha.com/ instead. Working pretty well so far and I even have some additional income, haha.
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The technology, known as Jetson, uses laser vibrometry to identify surface movement on the skin caused by a heartbeat, and it works from 200 meters away. "I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart."
Do a bit of exercise, and be identified as someone else?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Do a bit of exercise, and be identified as someone else?
Ever been hooked up to a heart-monitor that beeps? Ever noticed it beep faster, depending on who enters? 
According to the article, this new "password-killer app" has a 95% success rate under ideal circumstances. They claim it to be unique, but how unique is it exactly, given the amount of people on the planet? As unique as a GUID?
That information is lacking; is it based on the 9-year old magnetometer[^]?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: " has a 95% success rate under ideal circumstances
a 95% in ALL conditions would still be too low to be a password-killer app.
You get ill, you need to access something after doing sports... and you can't access anything... screw that.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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will renaming things change its history .. will one day microsoft change its name to azure (formerly Microsoft)
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Paint It Blue and Throw It in the Sea...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Whether you are new or have been using Visual Studio for years, there are a bunch of tips and tricks that can make you more productive. Because you can never be tricky (or tipsy) enough
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yawn
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Already tipsy enough?
TTFN - Kent
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You keep repeating that - perhaps time you found something that interests you more? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Clippy is alive and well and living in devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yotta, yotta, yotta—that’s the Greek prefix we’ll soon need to describe the vastness of our data archives—yotta, yotta, yotta Yowza!
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Quote: IEEE Spectrum ...by 2020 1.7 MB of data will be generated every second* for every one of the world’s nearly 8 billion people.
Getting a little out of hand. And by 'a little' I mean 'a lot.'
:* That is about 1/3 of a 720p movie's bitrate.
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Definitely. I would be willing to bet that the vast majority would prefer the data being generated about them wasn't.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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(To be fair, I suspect only a small percentage of that 1.7 figure is personal data. Most of it is probably movies and such.)
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Yes, that is probably true but, while there is a lot of personal data about everyone now, I expect there to be much more of it in the future regardless of how much we don't want that to happen.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Yowza!
No, the yowzabyte is the volume of everyone's personal data that has to be collected before google finds a sucker who will actually click a targeted ad.
Way bigga than a yotta, Mon.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Brilliant! Two ears and a tail for you.
TTFN - Kent
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