Is ReCaptcha really a necessity to sign up? #72

SuperRobinHood · 2019-04-27T17:05:19Z

It's just so annoying. Solve a bunch of tricks to develop the Google AI for free and who knows when they will finally let you in, if ever. There's other less invasive security options.

mgabdev · 2019-05-03T21:43:45Z

Hi @SuperRobinHood - This is not an issue. We use recaptcha as one of a handful of ways to prevent the automated spamming of our platform.

BradyThe · 2019-07-08T08:04:00Z

I apologise for necromancing, but this is an issue if you care about privacy. It's also conflicting with the gab principle of standing up and offering an alternative to Silicon Valley.

Privacy friendly alternatives to reCAPTCHA do exist, https://captcheck.netsyms.com/ for example. (Source)

ghost · 2020-02-28T16:13:10Z

We use recaptcha as one of a handful of ways to prevent the automated spamming of our platform.

We get this, but there are other open source and privacy-respecting alternatives which we can use.

mgabdev closed this as completed May 3, 2019

mgabdev added the website-related Issues related to Dissenter.com (website, not extension) label May 3, 2019

Is ReCaptcha really a necessity to sign up? #72

Is ReCaptcha really a necessity to sign up? #72

SuperRobinHood commented Apr 27, 2019

mgabdev commented May 3, 2019

BradyThe commented Jul 8, 2019

ghost commented Feb 28, 2020

Is ReCaptcha really a necessity to sign up? #72

Is ReCaptcha really a necessity to sign up? #72

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