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If Cloudflare really is "verifying" that I'm human with its obnoxious widget, why does it do this for multiple web sites and over and over again for a given web site? Shouldn't it be able to verify I'm human once and for all? What exactly are they doing with their sprawling control of all these web sites if not adding value through economy of scale?

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What kind of janky, bottom-shelf robot would not be able to identify motorcycles and crosswalks in pictures?

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Is it just me, or has the number of captcha challenges significantly increased over the past few months? Nowadays I feel like I'm being hit with captchas all day every day, where before it was relatively rare. It is especially noticeable on sites I visit frequently, have accounts with, and presumably have cookies for.

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Slack's signin procedure is the digital equivalent of boarding an airplane, "security"wise.

One of my favorite "security challenges" is the "verify your email" one. By this point my email has been verified so many times it should have top secret clearance.

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In 2025 the web has more security checkpoints than an American airport.

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A web site just blocked me because I solved one of those sliding jigsaw puzzle captchas too quickly.

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