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- I do not think that this is Firefox specific, more likely is is something Linux specific.
For me, hCaptcha has stopped working immediately before last weekend, regardless of the site that uses it.
It goes in an infinite loop, despite solving correctly all challenges.
On Linux, I have tested with 2 browsers, Firefox and Vivaldi, and the browser did not make any difference. I do not use any ad blockers, nor any non-standard extension.
So I think that they deployed a version update last Friday, which for some reason is broken on Linux.
It would not be surprising if both hCaptcha and Google ReCAPCHA have made some similar changes, so now they are both broken on Linux.
Meanwhile, some other "Captcha" applications from other vendors, which are used on other sites, still work like before.
by adrian_b - Archive.today / Archive.is / Archive.ph issues the past few days. Safari Private w/iCloud Private Relay. See the enterprise free tier exceeded messaging:
That’s new, but problems/loops aren’t.This site is exceeding reCAPTCHA Enterprise free quota.by Barbing - reCAPTCHA actually works for me. The one that asks if it's a sidewalk or a motorcycle or whatever right?
cloudflare bot detection has convinced itself I am a bot however (I do a lot of automated web related stuff on my home IP) and that's been an eye opener for sure... I can't enjoy a good 20% of the internet it seems like now.
Doesn't matter how many times I click that cloudflare button, they don't believe me.
And I've been signed in to my cloudflare account (which I've held in good standing with a live credit card for years) the entire time :/
- Dunno, but is anyone else continuing to seem to get what feels like 3-4 minute reCaptcha challenges? I’m getting mentally exhausted having to try to solve the super blurry pick-the-streetlights they keep throwing at me in loops.
It feels like I have to go slowly through it only for it to eventually end in a “please try again” as I sit and wait ten seconds for each square to slowly fade in a new stupid bus for me to click.
How is this fair to the humans?
by kotaKat - Constantly. It's made me stop using Google entirely because I can't run a single search without hitting reCAPTCHA. It's becoming problematic because some services I pay for, such as Bandcamp, also end up pestering me with boatloads of reCAPTCHAs. I enjoy Bandcamp, but I'm going to have to axe it if it keeps up.by elric
- I've seen weird situations where I'm objectively solving the captcha correctly yet it still doesn't recognize it as correct.
At this point captchas need to be completely removed everywhere. They aren't effective and just waste time.
- It's an archive.is issue:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today#2026_attack_on_G...
by selcuka - I've used vultr.com for years with no problems. Recently it wouldn't let me login without solving a Google captcha. I tried private windows, etc and ended up having to cancel my Vultr account and ask for a refund. Fortunately I only used them to spin up test VMs and didn't have any production stuff running there.
I refuse to pay a company for service and then be required to identify motorcycles and traffic lights every time I sign in. I went a few rounds with Vultr customer service and they said (paraphrasing) "It's not something we can fix, you have to talk to Google about it". Right... Google forced you to put their captcha on your web site.
by prirun