This RIDICULOUS Captcha requirement

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This RIDICULOUS Captcha requirement

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I tried twice and failed so I have to go thru this ridiculous captcha routine.
Who thinks this site needs to be so secure. Don't tell me to dissuade bots because a checkmark would do that. GIVE ME A BREAK!
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Moving to MozillaZine Site Discussion because this has nothing to do with Firefox.
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The OP obviously knows little about the sophistication of modern spam bots
What sort of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
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OK, let's stop with the back and forth here before it's necessary to lock this thread.
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It would be nice if the counter could be set to 2 or 3. Sometimes I just enter the wrong one on first try.
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@Frg I just have Firefox save my password, so I don't have to always enter it.
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I often access the forums from a tablet or phone where the password is not saved. If I miss on the first try, I usually get at least one more try (total 2) before the captcha kicks in.
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who is this dude to judge admins work here that unfair and unnecessary?
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who is this dude to judge admins work here that unfair and unnecessary?
They are a poster who is entitled to their opinion, so long as it is stated civilly and without name calling or unacceptable language.
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DanRaisch wrote:I often access the forums from a tablet or phone where the password is not saved. If I miss on the first try, I usually get at least one more try (total 2) before the captcha kicks in.
im sure Chrome saves the password on a phone using this forum. i had to use it before an im sure firefox does also, going from what i do know, Google are getting Rid of ReCaptchaV1 an using V2 from what i read on the vbulletin website https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/v ... -recaptcha , im assuming it'll affect phpbb boards
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Mouse4 wrote:im sure Chrome saves the password on a phone using this forum
I'm also sure that anything stored on a phone or tablet is about as secure as me spray painting the same info on the wall of the nearest public building.

I choose not to store any passwords on them.
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Frank Lion wrote:
Mouse4 wrote:im sure Chrome saves the password on a phone using this forum
I'm also sure that anything stored on a phone or tablet is about as secure as me spray painting the same info on the wall of the nearest public building.

I choose not to store any passwords on them.
i use the feature as i dont wanna happen to remember all my passwords or i might as well not have a forum account, only thing i wont store an thats Creditcard or anything like that details whether that be on a phone or the computers browser let alone my address
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Mouse4 wrote:
Frank Lion wrote:
Mouse4 wrote:im sure Chrome saves the password on a phone using this forum
I'm also sure that anything stored on a phone or tablet is about as secure as me spray painting the same info on the wall of the nearest public building.

I choose not to store any passwords on them.
i use the feature as i dont wanna happen to remember all my passwords or i might as well not have a forum account, only thing i wont store an thats Creditcard or anything like that details whether that be on a phone or the computers browser let alone my address
I do as well, just saving my passwords is nice to not always have to remember, for example when I visit the forum.
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Maybe stay on topic please
What sort of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
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Here with SeaMonkey it is game over after the first wrong try. Might be user group specific or maybe phpbb differentiates between mobile an desktop. I know I can save the passsword permanetly just decided to disable it globally on my "travel" laptop.
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