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Does anyone else act more 'human' when solving captchas?
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this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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Exactly this. Clicking super fast makes the captcha keep on going, I've had instances where I solved 5 refreshes of captcha and it kept going.
But if you show indecision or confusion by lingering your cursor over one tile and then move after 2 seconds to a different tile and then come back, it will pass in one go.
Why do I have to 'act like a human' when Im already human...
These CAPTCHAs do more than just check if you clicked the right pictures. They analyze your mouse movements and stuff. For example, a bot would move the mouse in perfectly straight lines, click all the pictures quickly, etc. But a human would have more natural movements.
Thats what Im on about. If they would do what youre saying, captcha wouldnt fail just because of clicking fast.
I'm sure at least one DDOS attack came from someone frustrated with captcha.