ReCaptcha changeD to only one short easy-to-read word???

[kcmoviebuff]

Oh PLEASE let this be permanent!!!The captchas from the ReCaptcha company that I have entered today have all
been short, easy to read and so far ALL of them have been exactly 5 characters. The other interesting change is
in the validation: in the past when they would have 2 words or phrases one of them was always italicized, and if the
first word/phrase was italicized all they forced you to enter was the first word/phrase except for the last character - you
didn't have to enter the second word/phrase at all. Now, you have to enter all of the characters.

Are you guys and gals seeing this too? Just wondering

 

[curmudgeon]

There have been news articles lately about Google, the Captcha system owner, changing to a single question - - Are you a robot? It's supposed to be as effective as the old Recaptcha system.

 

[kcmoviebuff]

Thanks, curmudgeon, I've seen that question elsewhere a few times and it asks you to grab moving images and put them somewhere to prove you are not a robot. I'd say about 95% of the ReCaptcha challenge words today has been as I described in my first note. I far prefer to enter 5 characters that are easy to read with messing having to grab images - lol - but then I'm lazy. ;-)

 

[amyshulk]

Thanks, curmudgeon, I've seen that question elsewhere a few times and it asks you to grab moving images and put them somewhere to prove you are not a robot. I'd say about 95% of the ReCaptcha challenge words today has been as I described in my first note. I far prefer to enter 5 characters that are easy to read with messing having to grab images - lol - but then I'm lazy. ;-)

If the captcha is a word/words I have no problem - it's when they put an R next to a 9 that messes me up!

That said, easy 5 characters or a string of numbers works BEST!!!