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0 pointsswebs6y ago0 comments

Honest question: can we start a class action lawsuit for psychological damages due to this? I've experienced this firsthand when trying to use a service through a VPN. I spent legitimately 5 minutes trying to get through only to get "Please try again" every time even though I selected them meticulously. It is infuriating. I thought I was going crazy

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beefhash6y ago

In fact, Google has a patent on blocking users by means of CAPTCHAs that always return failure[1].

[1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US9407661

adtac6y ago

> In fact, Google has a patent on blocking users by means of CAPTCHAs that always return failure[1].

Erm, unless I'm mistaken, that patent says it's owned by Juniper, not Google. Google is just hosting the patent document.

m4636y ago

You cannot make an appointment on the california dmv website without using google services, in particular recaptcha. Also, just browsing the website, it tries to log you in.

https://dmv.ca.gov

additionally, lots of schools now require their students to use google services.

I hope there is a privacy lawsuit in the future to stop this sort of nonsense.

Avamander6y ago

I just click randomly on Chrome and get trough .-.

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