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The simplicity of it is logic defying. It used to be that you had to find crosswalks or move puzzle pieces or type blurred letters and numbers, but NOW all the sudden I can just click a box and HEY!, I'm human?

That's hardly the Turing Test I'd expected.

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

What if you're on a phone or tablet?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Clicking percision and reaction time are still measurable and the checkbox can fall back to other captcha tactics if it has low faith in the user.

[-] brianorca@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It's also checking your other traffic. (Since Cloudflare handles traffic for so many companies.) Are you visiting other sites in a realistic fashion, or are you doing 99% of your traffic trying to do one thing over and over.

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