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What about clicking a checkbox means I'm human? How does Cloudflare determine I'm human from that? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it also sees your mouse movements on your way to that box.

[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But I use my phone.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then it smells you from the microphone on your phone

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Damn, I thought I was being stealthy by farting silently like an assassin...