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Re: [LUG] Google Account

 

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 11:20:31 +0000
Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Henry,

>Any idea how I can minimise the sheer quantity of recaptcha popups?

recaptcha relies on your browser history (there's more, but they
[google] won't say what) to tell if you're 'real', not just clicking on
pictures.  Private browsing, deleting browser history, deleting cookies
and whatnot means you'll have to keep on clicking, *despite* getting the
answers right.

recaptcha also penalises people for being partially sighted, and/or hard
of hearing.  As such, it /should/ be illegal.  Sadly, it isn't.   :-(

Most worrying of all (IMO) is that banking companies, like WorldPay,
rely on recaptcha for 'security'.  Since nobody outside google knows what
google gets during a recaptcha transaction, how WorldPay et al guarantee
the security of bank card details, IDK.

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