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will GUI automation tools be able to surpass this?
by uokyas 12y ago
will GUI automation tools be able to surpass this?
- Khao 12y agoIt probably uses a LOT more info than only the mouse move/mouse click. Remember, google tracking is embedded in probably 99% of websites you visit so from your ip, cookies, tracking, logged in Google profile, etc... they're able to know if you're a human or not.
- towelguy 12y agoSo if I don't have a Google account or allow their cookies in other sites then I'm not a human anymore?
- seren 12y agoNothing as dramatic : if you don't have a strong Google footprint, it is less likely that the system will recognize you automatically as human, and you'll have to answer the picture question.
- chopin 12y agoNot from Googles point of view, probably...
- random28345 12y agoThink of it as "remember my login on this computer". If you check the box, you sacrifice security and privacy for convenience. If you don't want to be tracked, you need to perform extra steps.
- wspeirs 12y agoCorrect, no Google account or cookies = not human :-)
- moconnor 12y agoIf you don't have advertising cookies set then you're either a robot or a potentially unprofitable human user from Google's point of view. Both would be best avoided. As others have noted here, that's not the goal here and the captcha will degrade to the current ones in this case, but it highlights an interesting way for internet properties to maximize their revenue per user by only allowing users whose existing advertising footprint suggests they will contribute meaningful value to use the service in the first place. Detecting bots is the first step to this, but detecting potentially unprofitable humans would be a natural extension.