has this not been the case for a very long time? besides a sneaky way for Google to train its models, I had the impression that Captchas are more like a way to increase the friction rather than anything that would actually stop a determined actor?
they increase the processing/energy cost/set-up time/difficulty to the point where it may no longer be profitable to access that content, but no one really thought a powerful computer with the right software couldn't actually solve them at pace, right?
they increase the processing/energy cost/set-up time/difficulty to the point where it may no longer be profitable to access that content, but no one really thought a powerful computer with the right software couldn't actually solve them at pace, right?