• mac@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Even if recaptcha is solvable by bots, what you’re effectively doing is making it more expensive to run these bots at scale, which is a deterrent and necessary.

    Now there’s definitely ways to do it without tracking user data, but I doubt they’ll give up that control without being forced

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    Yet spammers find my clients’ contact forms and send dozens of emails an hour until I put on recapcha and then it stops.

    I would love an alternative that isn’t swapping one insidious company with another.