What do you think about hCaptcha?

g4m3r · April 2020

I really appreciate that CloudFlare switched from reCaptcha to hCaptcha, because I have privacy concerns with every Google service.

What do you think about hCaptcha?
Many users say that it's too difficult to solve. Is it too difficult for you?
Do you have privacy and or legal concerns in using Google services like reCaptcha or Analytics?

InceptionHosting · April 2020

I don't think I have ever seen it tbh.

example site that is likely to challenge with hCapthca?

MikeA · April 2020

Not difficult from what I've seen so far. Same as reCaptcha or easier.

g4m3r · April 2020

@AnthonySmith said:
I don't think I have ever seen it tbh.

example site that is likely to challenge with hCapthca?

I have none on hand .
But you can test it on their sign up page using my affiliate link https://hCaptcha.com/?r=b0d8fdc0d945 (aff).

Here is the article about it https://blog.cloudflare.com/moving-from-recaptcha-to-hcaptcha/

Edit:
And there are (currently) no hCaptcha OCRs.

InceptionHosting · April 2020

That was ridiculously simple.

g4m3r · April 2020

@AnthonySmith said:
That was ridiculously simple.

There is a shitstorm thread on the cloudflare forum where many saying it's to difficult .

Interesting:
hCaptcha has 100% of the features of reCAPTCHA V2 and is API-compatible with reCAPTCHA V2. Please see our implementation docs for more information.

hCaptcha also pays you for the work your users are doing. Using reCAPTCHA donates that work to Google.

InceptionHosting · April 2020

People dumb enough not to be able to spot 3 umbrellas are the same people dumb enough to create a shit storm about simplifying a system to weed out bots.

hey · April 2020

a bit more difficult to solve and slower

InceptionHosting · April 2020

@hey said:
a bit more difficult to solve and slower

Which is a good thing right?

FAT32 · April 2020

I kind of don't like hCaptcha because I failed it a lot of times then only realised I am a robot.

debaser · April 2020

@FAT32 said:
I kind of don't like hCaptcha because I failed it a lot of times then only realised I am a robot.

Mr. Fatbot.

I was on a site with an hCaptcha challenge just yesterday. First time I saw it and it felt not very different to reCaptcha.

sanvit · April 2020

Last time I used hCaptcha (which was few months ago), it was freaking hard. Like hell. I was never able to pass through 'Bounding Box' challenge, although I've never seen those challenges with cloudflare's implementation of hCaptcha. And hCaptcha is still a bit buggy compared to reCaptcha.
https://sharex.scdn.pw/2020/04/3LsZsVIRpf.mp4

WSCallum · April 2020

I wouldn’t say more difficult but more time consuming and there majority of images need to be selected ive noticed. The one on their website does not seem to be a true reflection of what i’ve seen in use on the majority of websites that i’ve come across it.

It might get better over time but for now it is much more annoying and intrusive than Googles.

kuroneko23 · April 2020

Somehow it's hard to solve when on mobile compared to reCaptcha

InceptionHosting · April 2020

maybe I just got lucky.

Clouvider · April 2020

It seems to prompt more iterations of tests than reCaptcha does.

Iroshan464 · April 2020

Yeah.
You need to select multiple images on two pages.
Recapcha does not even ask most of the time, if I am logged with Google.

Go to pahe.in

Emmet · April 2020

Does it work better for javascript disabled browsers?

FlamingSpaceJunk · April 2020

Is their implementation documentation better?

Fiberhub-Billy · April 2020

I haven't seen it in the wild yet, but just tried their implementation on their sign up page. Seemed pretty simple and straight forward based on that one test.

SpeedBus · April 2020

anyone looking for a demo can try http://techtablets.com/ -- it's a tab/laptop review website and I always get that captcha when visiting them.

lentro · April 2020

I think a one page captcha would be best. hCaptcha prob has one page that is "verified" stuff and another page that probably is only used for their labeling services that doesn't really actually test. https://www.hcaptcha.com/labeling

verjin · April 2020

hCaptcha is a mess. Difficult and hard to solve as we all are addicted to reCaptcha.

foxone · April 2020

Last time i tried hCaptcha, their control panel went offline and payouts weren't given anymore for god knows how many days. The amount of people complaining on Telegram was absurd.

rcy026 · April 2020

If I had privacy concerns, I would not use Cloudflare either.
Just imagine the amount of data they are able to collect if they want to.

foxone · April 2020

@rcy026 said:
if they want to.

Dear, you're so clueless!

verjin · April 2020

Cloudflare switches to hCap because reCap (google) is tracking end users then what it this?
What on earth they are doing? Privacy badger is blocking hCap because of tracking!

After disabling PB

sanvit · April 2020

@verjin said:
Cloudflare switches to hCap because reCap (google) is tracking end users then what it this?
What on earth they are doing? Privacy badger is blocking hCap because of tracking!

I believe it's because of Google wanting to monetize reCAPTCHA

I don't blame Google for wanting to monetize their products, and it totally makes sense to change policies for them, but it's a shame because there aren't many (good) alternatives out there.

verjin · April 2020

@sanvit the same article also says

https://blog.cloudflare.com/moving-from-recaptcha-to-hcaptcha/

Janevski · April 2020

@debaser said:

@FAT32 said:
I kind of don't like hCaptcha because I failed it a lot of times then only realised I am a robot.

Mr. Fatbot.

I was on a site with an hCaptcha challenge just yesterday. First time I saw it and it felt not very different to reCaptcha.

That's because you're not a cyborg.
They implement reverse and forward Turring jammers.

debaser · April 2020

@Janevski said: That's because you're not a cyborg.

You sound just like my ex-wife now.

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