Users frustrated by CAPTCHA challenges on websites
Original title: Getting hit with "Prove you are a human" at every other website
Web users report frequent CAPTCHA puzzles from Cloudflare and Google reCAPTCHA at 50-60% of sites, leading many to avoid browsing.
A Hacker News post describes annoyance with CAPTCHA and checkbox challenges at websites. Cloudflare acts as a bouncer at 50-60% of pages, with Anubis-style anime girl puzzles on 10-20% and Google reCAPTCHA requiring crosswalk selection. Users mention using extensions like Buster and NopeCHA to bypass them. Comments note a sharp uptick in such measures over recent months and broader internet restrictions.
- Cloudflare challenges hit 50-60% of pages
- Anubis puzzles on 10-20% of sites
- Google reCAPTCHA requires selecting crosswalks
- Extensions like Buster and NopeCHA used to solve captchas
- Trend toward increased web restrictions and paywalls
- Vendors
- CloudflareGoogle
- Products
- reCAPTCHA
- Organizations
- Hacker News
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