The Curious Case of the Disappearing Captcha
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The article discusses the disappearance of captchas and how it may be related to user profiling, with commenters speculating that Google's captcha disappearance is a form of punishment for unprofiled users.
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PaulHoule
about 2 months ago
… becomes Google’s way of punishing you for being unprofiled.
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