"CB" (jrcb)
04/16/2015 at 14:43 • Filed to: Volkswagen, VW, Contests
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"CB" (jrcb)
04/16/2015 at 14:43 • Filed to: Volkswagen, VW, Contests | 0
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So, right now, Volkswagen Canada (motto: second only to Mazda when it comes to selling hatchbacks in Quebec! ) has a contest where, by finding the location of several Sportwagons and other items on a map, you can be entered to win a Sportswagon! Pretty cool, huh?
Not really. But the contest isn't the important thing here. Notice anything about the registration page?
No? Look a little closer.
That's right, all you have to do to click this button in order to prove that you're not a robot. But does it just bring up a text or audio captcha, cleverly hidden by years of experience in high-quality German ergonomics?
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Hah, it's loading! Clearly that means the text box will appear any second now!
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Oh. Well. Hm. It appears that Volkswagen has defeated years of spambot development with a simple button. For once, it looks like a German automotive company has gone and made something simpler .
And now, to win myself a wagon.
(Contest link is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
spanfucker retire bitch
> CB
04/16/2015 at 14:46 |
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For once, it looks like a German automotive company has gone and made something simpler .
You mean an American company has gone and made something simpler.
ReCaptcha is Google, and that's a new text-less captcha they've been testing for a few months now. Good luck passing it without having to type something in if you aren't already logged into your Goggle account.
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CB
> spanfucker retire bitch
04/16/2015 at 14:47 |
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This is the first time I've seen it in use, and I just passed it without having my Google account signed in. Thanks for the information, though!
Brian, The Life of
> CB
04/16/2015 at 14:48 |
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I saw the same Captcha for the first time on another site just the other day. So much better!
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spanfucker retire bitch
> CB
04/16/2015 at 14:49 |
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You must have a good amount of cookies from other sites then to prove you weren't a bot. It's something of a contextual captcha using a mixture of logins, cookies and behavioral analysis from said accounts and said cookies to determine whether you're a bot.
If none of that works, it does a fallback to the conventional squiggle text.
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CB
> spanfucker retire bitch
04/16/2015 at 14:52 |
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Huh, that's actually really smart.