Posted October 25, 2018
high rated
GOG needs to remove and or replace reCaptcha. For example I just had to undertake an expidition to switch from one account to another and then back again. The whole trip took 52 minutes and 413 separate puzzles.
The problem is that the purpose of recaptcha is to deter computerized attempts at access yet it is clear they use computers to design the puzzles. Countless puzzles were failed because a human can see a tiny corner of a traffic light, a cross walk , a chimney in the image. The computer that designs it however does not consider that a part. Meaning it you answer the puzzle correctly your answer can be treated as if it were wrong. Other times it will throw such low resolution grainy images at you that you cant actually make out the tiny pixel and a half of a bus that it is asking you for.
Further compounding this issues is if you "fail" the recaptcha puzzles too many times but end up finally getting past it, GOG will see those fails and consider your login attempt invalid.
captchas are not an effective tools to begin with. recaptcha is by far and away the worst captcha system I have ever encountered. Not surprising from freeware, but this is epic level dysfunctional software.
So Please fix this issue and get rid of this ridiculous speed bump that is not doing its job and all it is doing is creating undue frustration that should not exist.
The problem is that the purpose of recaptcha is to deter computerized attempts at access yet it is clear they use computers to design the puzzles. Countless puzzles were failed because a human can see a tiny corner of a traffic light, a cross walk , a chimney in the image. The computer that designs it however does not consider that a part. Meaning it you answer the puzzle correctly your answer can be treated as if it were wrong. Other times it will throw such low resolution grainy images at you that you cant actually make out the tiny pixel and a half of a bus that it is asking you for.
Further compounding this issues is if you "fail" the recaptcha puzzles too many times but end up finally getting past it, GOG will see those fails and consider your login attempt invalid.
captchas are not an effective tools to begin with. recaptcha is by far and away the worst captcha system I have ever encountered. Not surprising from freeware, but this is epic level dysfunctional software.
So Please fix this issue and get rid of this ridiculous speed bump that is not doing its job and all it is doing is creating undue frustration that should not exist.