reCaptcha should not be used on Furaffinity
7 months ago
Some time ago I could not login in Furaffinity. It was weird and I could not understand why that is happening. It was just Firefox on my current laptop. That was until I had to use one of the Google services. Then I found out that the "culprit" was my redirection plugin. I was reminded, that reCaptcha is a Google service (I never made the connection, because my brain acts like that sometimes) and I was redirecting all google domains. For some weird reason this thing was working everywhere else, but here.
You would say "What's the big deal, you just did it wrong." but it's more than just that. I had the suspicion that all third party captchas are not only good for nothing time wasters, but they are also a spyware. Today I watched a (Youtoube video)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTsBP21-XpI] vindicating my concerns. The current fascist rule of the US makes it even worse.
Dear admins of Furaffinity, there are better ways to protect yourselves from bots! Please don't do it by sacrificing your users' privacy!
You would say "What's the big deal, you just did it wrong." but it's more than just that. I had the suspicion that all third party captchas are not only good for nothing time wasters, but they are also a spyware. Today I watched a (Youtoube video)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTsBP21-XpI] vindicating my concerns. The current fascist rule of the US makes it even worse.
Dear admins of Furaffinity, there are better ways to protect yourselves from bots! Please don't do it by sacrificing your users' privacy!
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11068708/
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11068710/
Something like a MFA app like Aegis would be ideal, in addition to a password.
I wouldn't be surprised if reCaptcha is as bad as SMS code verification. X.x