I'm curious what the breakdown of Fuku for Google accounts vs. Amazon accounts. I have a feeling the results would be enlightening. I'm a Google account holder and I did get one. Is anyone else curious?
I guess there could be a "neither" as well. I'm wondering if your account affects the Captcha. (ie..."I am not a robot") during the Fuku process. I'm thinking there might be an inherent advantage to Google users since reCaptcha is owned by Google. Or maybe it's all my imagination.
@Crud Does it give you a puzzle (e.g. "How many street signs?") or just check the box? A couple of us are trying to discern what is the difference...I think it might be the Amazon vs. Google.
@Crud@sohmageek Thanks. Yes. I've only had the checkbox. I've never had the puzzle. My friend here at work keeps getting these impossible puzzles. I thought it might be because he has Amazon and I have Google.
@densa Mediocre account holder. Only get the checkbox on mobile. The one time I saw a puzzle was when I tried on desktop (mac) the time the servers crashed for an hour and twenty minutes.
@Crud I have both Amazon and Mediocre accounts but usually logged in via Amazon. Most of the fukus gave me the simple checkbox until the most recent one; that one made me re-enter my full payment information (which took too long).
@Crud I always logon with my Meh username and password, never Google or Amazon. After I said I wasn't a robot, I got the captcha thingy asking to select pictures of ice cream on both my PC and iPad. Fortunately I had no problem with that :-)
I actually couldn't tell you which works better. I just know that the staff normally send me an email with a direct link to the Fuku a day or so before it goes live, giving me the opportunity to grab one before everyone else shows up.
@capguncowboy you get those too? and i still fell asleep at 10pm EDT to awaken at 12:11am, based on the reveals to date, i'm glad i got those 2 hours of sleep, but i'm not bitter for staying up late for nearly 3 solid months, really, I'M NOT BITTER AT ALL
Google’s “reCaptcha” examines cues every user unwittingly provides: IP addresses and cookies provide evidence that the user is the same friendly human Google remembers from elsewhere on the Web. And Shet says even the tiny movements a user’s mouse makes as it hovers and approaches a checkbox can help reveal an automated bot.
“All of this gives us a model of how a human behaves,” says Shet. “It’s a whole bag of cues that make this hard to spoof for a bot.” He adds that Google also will use other variables that it is keeping secret—revealing them, he says, would help botmasters improve their software and undermine Google’s filters.
In cases where a mere click doesn’t produce a conclusive response, a pop-up window will require users to decipher the same old distorted text. In tests during the past week on sites that use Google’s captcha, however, it’s verified most human users without that backup. About 60 percent of WordPress users and 80 percent of users at video game sales site Humble Bundle got past the captcha with only the checkbox.
@gertiestn When signing up for mediocre was first a thing, you had to have an amazon account or google account to login. When they updated, you could use an email address instead. So these guys are debating the speed to order and if CAPTCHA is different for people based on their login method.
are you saying there may be tomfoolery afoot for those with amazon accounts?
What about neither.
There's a third option. I use a Mediocre account (aka Email account)
I guess there could be a "neither" as well. I'm wondering if your account affects the Captcha. (ie..."I am not a robot") during the Fuku process. I'm thinking there might be an inherent advantage to Google users since reCaptcha is owned by Google. Or maybe it's all my imagination.
@densa
I used amazon to make an account and ive allways had the captcha work first try with no problems. Got the last 4 fukus.
@Crud Does it give you a puzzle (e.g. "How many street signs?") or just check the box? A couple of us are trying to discern what is the difference...I think it might be the Amazon vs. Google.
@densa No puzzles, just are you a robot checkbox then done.
@Crud same here just checkbox. I have mediocre setup with email and linked google and Amazon to my account
@Crud @sohmageek Thanks. Yes. I've only had the checkbox. I've never had the puzzle. My friend here at work keeps getting these impossible puzzles. I thought it might be because he has Amazon and I have Google.
I think you'll get the puzzles more on mobile than desktop. On mobile there is no curser to track to make sure you are behaving as a human would.
@densa Mediocre account holder. Only get the checkbox on mobile. The one time I saw a puzzle was when I tried on desktop (mac) the time the servers crashed for an hour and twenty minutes.
@Crud I have both Amazon and Mediocre accounts but usually logged in via Amazon. Most of the fukus gave me the simple checkbox until the most recent one; that one made me re-enter my full payment information (which took too long).
@Crud I always logon with my Meh username and password, never Google or Amazon. After I said I wasn't a robot, I got the captcha thingy asking to select pictures of ice cream on both my PC and iPad. Fortunately I had no problem with that :-)
I actually couldn't tell you which works better. I just know that the staff normally send me an email with a direct link to the Fuku a day or so before it goes live, giving me the opportunity to grab one before everyone else shows up.
@capguncowboy you get those too? and i still fell asleep at 10pm EDT to awaken at 12:11am, based on the reveals to date, i'm glad i got those 2 hours of sleep, but i'm not bitter for staying up late for nearly 3 solid months, really, I'M NOT BITTER AT ALL
I'm pretty sure they're random. I didn't log it with Google or Amazon, I've had picture captchas and just checkboxes, and I've had good luck so far.
@KDemo The only time I've had the picture puzzle was the great fuku crash.
Neither.
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Google’s “reCaptcha” examines cues every user unwittingly provides: IP addresses and cookies provide evidence that the user is the same friendly human Google remembers from elsewhere on the Web. And Shet says even the tiny movements a user’s mouse makes as it hovers and approaches a checkbox can help reveal an automated bot.
“All of this gives us a model of how a human behaves,” says Shet. “It’s a whole bag of cues that make this hard to spoof for a bot.” He adds that Google also will use other variables that it is keeping secret—revealing them, he says, would help botmasters improve their software and undermine Google’s filters.
In cases where a mere click doesn’t produce a conclusive response, a pop-up window will require users to decipher the same old distorted text. In tests during the past week on sites that use Google’s captcha, however, it’s verified most human users without that backup. About 60 percent of WordPress users and 80 percent of users at video game sales site Humble Bundle got past the captcha with only the checkbox.
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Basically the less data you leak, the more likely you are to get the picture chooser... I always get it :)
@thismyusername That's me, running all over the Internet like a baby with a leaky diaper. Hooray for checkboxes!
@thismyusername yeah, I nearly always have to click some street signs, or food, or something else stupid
sucks
Am I the only person on Meh who has absolutely no idea what means Google accounts vs. Amazon accounts?
@gertiestn When signing up for mediocre was first a thing, you had to have an amazon account or google account to login. When they updated, you could use an email address instead.
So these guys are debating the speed to order and if CAPTCHA is different for people based on their login method.