Why can't robots "check the box"?

[REWahoo]

I thought this was an interesting and entertaining short 3 minute video about how "checking the box" on a website can determine you aren't a robot.

 

[braumeister]

Thanks! I've been wondering about that myself.

 

[MichaelB]

I thought this was an interesting and entertaining short 3 minute video about how "checking the box" on a website can determine you aren't a robot.

Thanks. Interesting and helpful.

Skynet will still figure this out, and we know the outcome …

 

[GenXguy]

I feel like I'm still having to click those pictures quite a bit, like which ones have crosswalks, etc.

 

[Time2]

I feel like I'm still having to click those pictures quite a bit, like which ones have crosswalks, etc.

Does that reflect on your android similarity?



Reference to video.

 

[GenXguy]

Does that reflect on your android similarity?

Reference to video.

That's on my Windows desktop. I barely browse web on my Android phone.

 

[Alan]

Great video, thanks.

 

[Gremlin]

This was excellent. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Sunset]

Interesting.... I was wondering about the checkbox, seemed too easy.

Also terribly funny about only 33% of people getting the old way correct

 

[Trooper]

Informative - thanks!

 

[cbo111]

What a timely post. I just opened this EarlyRetirement website and first got a message filling the entire screen that said something like "Please stand by while we verify you are a human." After about 4 seconds, the forum opened. I have not see such a message before. Is this a new feature? And how are they verifying that I am a human? DW said they are looking at me via my monitor camera. That's a nice thought.

 

[audreyh1]

What a timely post. I just opened this EarlyRetirement website and first got a message filling the entire screen that said something like "Please stand by while we verify you are a human." After about 4 seconds, the forum opened. I have not see such a message before. Is this a new feature? And how are they verifying that I am a human? DW said they are looking at me via my monitor camera. That's a nice thought.

Yeah, this popped up for me too today - first time. What’s with that?

 

[Janet H]

Yeah, this popped up for me too today - first time. What’s with that?

Info here: https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f32/browser-check-message-120793.html

 

[donheff]

Darn, the bad guys will train their bots to become clueless idiots in a few months and then what?

 

[mystang52]

I feel like I'm still having to click those pictures quite a bit, like which ones have crosswalks, etc.

OMG I hate those things! For a short while my AMEX site was requiring those verifications. With my vision, sometimes I'd miss that a motorcycle was in 10%
of a box, hidden in a corner. Or, to play safe I'd hit a box thinking there was a tiny piece in there. Then...repeat the entire friggin process. I called to complain, and eventually for AMEX anyway it's no longer needed.
Maybe they should have a senior citizen one similar to that joking meme about senior cornfield mazes.

 

[sengsational]

Shoot, even I could program a humanish looking mouse path to the box by just recording a bunch of humans checking the box and playing those back. Trivial step in the cat and mouse game of bots...don't expect it to last. Welcome to hell.