iii@mander.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoThere are algorithms deciding if we're human or notmessage-squaremessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareThere are algorithms deciding if we're human or notiii@mander.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThat’s not what they actually do. They simply introduce a barrier that’s cheap for a human to complete but expensive for a computer to beat. A captcha is about $1 per million to serve and to complete one is about $1.1 per million.
minus-squareSiru@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days ago cheap for a human to complete but expensive for a computer to beat This is the reason and logic. There are no advanced algorithms deciding your “humanness.”
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoI’ve received captcha challenges that I couldn’t solve even if you gave me a million euros.
That’s not what they actually do. They simply introduce a barrier that’s cheap for a human to complete but expensive for a computer to beat. A captcha is about $1 per million to serve and to complete one is about $1.1 per million.
This is the reason and logic. There are no advanced algorithms deciding your “humanness.”
I’ve received captcha challenges that I couldn’t solve even if you gave me a million euros.