CAPTCHA Effectiveness Debate

Users complain about CAPTCHAs being annoying, ineffective, and easily bypassed by services like 2captcha, while discussing alternatives such as reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, and Cloudflare Turnstile.

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Sample Comments

ijidak Jun 16, 2017 View on HN

It's captchas all the way down. :)

fsflover Feb 15, 2022 View on HN

By solving a captcha obviously.

modzu Oct 29, 2017 View on HN

can captcha go away now? its such a lazy garbage solution to the problem

ganzuul Apr 9, 2022 View on HN

Hey would you mind solving some captchas? Nothing personal, just a little paranoid.

krapp May 28, 2014 View on HN

A captcha is better than nothing.

tommica May 31, 2021 View on HN

Please come this way, there is a captcha that we need you to solve...

encom Sep 1, 2020 View on HN

Aren't there captcha services that are less creepy than Googles?

khaledh May 15, 2022 View on HN

Aren't they already doing this with reCAPTCHA?

stuckkeys Jan 25, 2025 View on HN

How does it do against captchas?

johnisgood Sep 28, 2020 View on HN

Are there any captchas that are not PITA?