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moeloli wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:23 pm 0ae889ba5186d5eb0bfe4cd1b88a42a3987b64a897e7d8457f7c05c5465e1fc2.jpg
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Wow. Insane. What if I lack a camera? Does it still try this?

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moeloli wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:23 pm 0ae889ba5186d5eb0bfe4cd1b88a42a3987b64a897e7d8457f7c05c5465e1fc2.jpg
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To be real, I could already see how to bypass this (assuming I want to use AI to destroy a site and bypass these captcha protections)

lets be real, ID verification is the solution !

It's a solution alright. A "solution" which ensures you will never be able to say anything that the state you found yourself in (by sheer luck) doesn't like.

In many countries, you literally wouldn't be able to say the stuff you do about "white infidels" because of hate speech laws. Though they are almost never considered when whites are the target, but in theory.

The winds of culture change every so often. Anything can become or cease to become acceptable in a flash. People (doctors, etc) lost their careers over mild Covid opinions. Now some of those opinions are leaking to the mainstream. Covid crusade is pretty much gone. Jews used to be unable to be criticized, now that's mostly gone and social media is full of criticizing Israel. But now you can't say anything pro-Russia.

Have some future based thinking and realize you might be at some point screwed over for saying things that today are completely accepted. And you won't be able to predict what those will be. That is why all anti-internet-anonymity initiatives must be nipped in the bud. If the giant tree of slavery is allowed to grow, cutting it down will be impossible at some point.

2009: Websites take a half a minute to load.

2026: Websites load up in a few seconds, but now you spend half a minute at best solving the captchas (at worse, you have to refresh, do multiple tests, etc which takes a few minutes).

GenericKeyboard wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 11:35 am […], but now you spend half a minute at best solving the captchas (at worse, you have to refresh, do multiple tests, etc which takes a few minutes).

That’s the best case scenario. Sometimes Google will outright block you because it "detected malicious activity" coming from your address. Or worse, it will start offering you unsolvable challenges without you knowing so you’re just clicking there on fire hydrants like an idiot for minutes before finally realizing you’ve been taken for a ride.

Funny thing is, when I switch to a proxy somewhere in Netherlands, it almost always lets me pass without a verification or at least gives me a really easy challenge. Not only is reCuckcha an asshole, it’s also racist.

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digdeeper wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 4:31 am

LoadingXML wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 8:05 pm

moeloli wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:23 pm 0ae889ba5186d5eb0bfe4cd1b88a42a3987b64a897e7d8457f7c05c5465e1fc2.jpg
No comment.

To be real, I could already see how to bypass this (assuming I want to use AI to destroy a site and bypass these captcha protections)

lets be real, ID verification is the solution !

It's a solution alright. A "solution" which ensures you will never be able to say anything that the state you found yourself in (by sheer luck) doesn't like.

In many countries, you literally wouldn't be able to say the stuff you do about "white infidels" because of hate speech laws. Though they are almost never considered when whites are the target, but in theory.

The winds of culture change every so often. Anything can become or cease to become acceptable in a flash. People (doctors, etc) lost their careers over mild Covid opinions. Now some of those opinions are leaking to the mainstream. Covid crusade is pretty much gone. Jews used to be unable to be criticized, now that's mostly gone and social media is full of criticizing Israel. But now you can't say anything pro-Russia.

Have some future based thinking and realize you might be at some point screwed over for saying things that today are completely accepted. And you won't be able to predict what those will be. That is why all anti-internet-anonymity initiatives must be nipped in the bud. If the giant tree of slavery is allowed to grow, cutting it down will be impossible at some point.

Well, Diggy, as we can see... something something pearls and swine.

GenericKeyboard wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 11:35 am 2009: Websites take a half a minute to load.

2026: Websites load up in a few seconds, but now you spend half a minute at best solving the captchas (at worse, you have to refresh, do multiple tests, etc which takes a few minutes).

That sounds more like 1999 dial-up than 2009. Web pages in 2009 loaded way faster than today, even captchas and Cuckflare screens and whatnot aside.

moeloli wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 11:45 pm That sounds more like 1999 dial-up than 2009. Web pages in 2009 loaded way faster than today, even captchas and Cuckflare screens and whatnot aside.

And worked without JavaScript. And did not require frequent browser updates.

From Notes on Google Search Now Requiring JavaScript:

Jim Nielsen wrote: Let’s turn to JavaScript for protection, as if the entire ad-based tracking/analytics world born out of JavaScript’s capabilities isn’t precisely what led to a less secure, less private, more exploited web.

See also: I hate web "apps"; LRS Wiki: update_culture.

moeloli wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 11:45 pm That sounds more like 1999 dial-up than 2009. Web pages in 2009 loaded way faster than today, even captchas and Cuckflare screens and whatnot aside.

And, I forgot to mention, GDPR pop-ups.

The time it takes to battle ShitFlare challenges and GDPR pop-ups makes the Internet nowadays slower than it was in the early 2010s.

We have more bandwidth, yet websites have become slower.

This is "Wirth's law" (Wirth's law states that software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is becoming faster).

TechLord wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 12:33 pm We have more bandwidth, yet websites have become slower.

We also used to have only a dozen of HTML elements with which you could structure everything. CSS that was simple yet powerful enough to place most of the said elements where you wanted to. JavaScript with just the right number of commands to perform form validation and other such subtle pleasantries that only supplemented existing behavior. Basic tools, but somehow websites were still clear and loaded nearly instantaneously even on a 54K modem.

Now? We have like, what? Over 10K of HTML elements whose purpose is so arbitrary that not even the experts can unanimously agree on when and how they should be used.

CSS so bloated you can style everything but the kitchen sink.

JavaScript whose language specification has become so vast that if you printed it out it would look like a stack of phone books.

And all for what? Has browsing become better? I contest that it has not. As a matter of fact, it has become worse as many here have noticed. Even if there is a theoretical improvement, the complexity is just not worth it. Not to mention that back in the day every nerd could make a website. Now if you want to make something “serious” you need a whole team of expert developers and tons of tools, otherwise they’ll just think you’re a joke.

mocheryl wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 9:07 pm JavaScript whose language specification has become so vast that if you printed it out it would look like a stack of phone books.

And of course, only the web browsing duopoly of Google and Mozilla, with the latter struggling, have the ability to maintain a web browser conforming to those standards (bloat monopoly).

TechLord wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 6:37 pm

mocheryl wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 9:07 pm JavaScript whose language specification has become so vast that if you printed it out it would look like a stack of phone books.

And of course, only the web browsing duopoly of Google and Mozilla, with the latter struggling, have the ability to maintain a web browser conforming to those standards (bloat monopoly).

Of course, but I refrained from mentioning that because it deserves its own post. Also I think DigDeeper already covered that topic very well in his web browsers review page.

One interesting quote from your link:

They don't care about security, they care about keeping the monopoly by creating vulnerabilities which they then keep fixing.

I’ve never thought about it that way. It’s kind of like how Big Pharma isn’t interested in curing you, but only in ameliorating your symptoms so they can forever sell you pharmaceuticals.