DO NOT USE GOOGLE RECAPTCHA
Seriously ... I HATE GOOGLE RECAPTCHA! Because I actively try to prevent Google tracking me (I've disabled practically every Google domain I can find using my /etc/hosts file), Google is not really aware I exist on the net. As a result, I HAD TO SOLVE TEN--count them--TEN DAMNED CHALLENGES to sign up for this site! (I'm given to understand the following things about ReCAPTCHA: 1) Google does not present as many challenges if it has seen your IP address often, which it won't for me because I actively block them; and 2) the ReCAPCHTA code sometimes presents challenge after challenge even after it's decided you're not human, probably to frustrate the bots.)
Counter to what your web design team thinks, there ARE other ways to tell humans apart from computers! DON'T USE reCAPTCHA!
2. WHO DESIGNED THIS DAMNED FORM?? It's got a bloody small dialogue THAT I CAN'T RESIZE IN FIREFOX! (for Linux.) Kindly inform your "user experience" idiots that tiny dialogue boxes are a pain in the ass to work with.
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Anonymous
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I think a better, easier captcha would be a math problem or this: https://archive.ph/9oZzk
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Arnas
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PLEASE DONT USE ANY GOOGLE PRODUCTS IN YOURS !
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Peter
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As others have said, I don't agree with the tone of op's request but I do strongly agree that the likes of Google, Facebook, Twitter and any company where the user's data is their product should be treated as pariahs and avoided at all costs.
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Anonymous
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While I don't agree with the tone of the original poster, I agree that a more privacy friendly alternative should be used instead of reCAPTCHA. hcaptcha.com seems like a good fit and will probably be an easy drop-in replacement.
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T H
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Nothing tied to Google nor Facebook. I despise what those company do.
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Anonymous
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I agree! Anything connected to google, FB, MS, etc., that snoops is to be avoided. Plus RECAPTCHA! IS Very Irritating when the pictures are fuzzy and can only be blown up enough to still not tell. I empathize with the commenter's frustration! Nice to have a place to blow a little charge and be heard!
This looks like a possible alternative: https://www.hcaptcha.com/
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Jerry Howard
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Have had Proton for several years and much appreciate it, but I hope management will seriously consider the rapidly escalating tidal wave of repression that is sweeping the USA right now. (And much of the rest of the world for that matter)
Anything associated with Google, Amazon, FB, Twitter, etc, should be avoided as much as possible.
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Anonymous
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Then don't use ReCAPTCHA for human verification. Use another email service, phone number, or payment.
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Test86
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Agreed. I switched from gmail to ProtonMail in an attempt to use anything G00gle as little as possible. And having to solve so many captchas is pretty ridiculous. There are other types of Captchas. I hope Proton will consider using an alternative.
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None
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The picture puzzle nonsense should be outlawed.
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Anonymous
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@Ralph J: I'm the original poster, and I agree. I should have waited 24 hours before posting this. I was incredibly frustrated at having to solve 10 Google ReCAPTCHAs, especially since I loathe all things Google to begin with.
The non-resizeable dialogue box is an example of bad design, something which I see entirely too much of on the web these days. In my opinion, it comes from web "designers" knowing nothing of its history or intentions of HTML, and the fact I suspect many of them are not experienced web or computer users.
I also notice ProtonMail hasn't bothered changing it yet. Maybe they don't like being yelled at ...
@admin: While I appreciate you've taken care to sandbox the ReCAPTCHA, I'm still disappointed that a Swiss-based company whose primary mission is to protect the privacy of its users is using a Google service, which is American and whose mission is to collect as much information as possible about everyone on the planet. It sends a decidedly mixed message.
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Brian Richmond
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I think I like your comment the most Raph J. Civility is seemingly one of the most underrated functions of our behaviors.
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Proton Plus User
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@Anonymous and others, please don't overuse all-caps. For some of us, it really makes you not want to read a post and it just doesn't feel nice to look at, like being SCREAMED at. See what I did there? ;)
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In our setup, reCaptcha is served from a sandboxed iframe, which prevents it from being able to interfere with our java script, so it does not pose a privacy or security risk.
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David Perthson
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Maybe ProtonMail could make their own reCaptcha...
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Anonymous
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Totally agree - you should not be using anything that supports Google/Facebook, etc. It is totally inconsistent with your positioning and undermines your credibility.
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Darth Nagar
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it is indeed 'suprising' to use google methods and tools, especially when others exist (such as hCaptcha).
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Anonymous
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I think Protom Mail team should consider using this as an alternative for Google CAPTCHA https://www.hcaptcha.com/
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Adriano
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Never rely on any google service.
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Raph J
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Fun fact: do you know you can provide useful feedbacks without being rude or insulting people ?
