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alisonkisk on Aug 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Captcha Patent Is an All-American Nightmare

Switch to what? Patent trolls can sue other Captcha users just as well.

The patent is on Captcha, not on using Google. It even appears to be a patent on image Captcha, and Google is the main provider of non image Captchas.

unishark on Aug 7, 2021 [–]

Switch to not using Captchas I'd say. Technology can already beat them a solid percentage of the time, so they're becoming just an obsolete tool for blocking obsolete attacks. With ten years left on the patents, amusingly.

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