Yeah, right.
I don’t know about you folks, but when I come across a site (not mentioning any names) where I have to validate and decrypt a Re-Captcha image showing, cryptic mashups of case-sensitive letters, my blood pressure is amplified about 49 times.
Sure we all understand the alleged benefits of this “extra” security precautions from the spammers, scrapers, worms, bots, etc, etc, but there has gotta be another way. I sometimes have to take 3-4 tries to get it to accept.
Here’s a typical scenario that occurs when I see a Re-Captcha screen:
The first thing, is likely something along the lines of “Ah, for F*ck sake.”
(studies cryptic hieroglyph and gingerly types in what is barely legible — guessing at at least one or two characters)
Hits ENTER (Fails)
More swearing ensues. ”Was that an “i” or a frickin’ “1″, or a lower case “t” in a Siamese configuration with that “l”. Is that an “l” or an “I”?”
Sound familiar?
