Use a Google recaptcha alternative
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.
Thanks for your feedback, this feature request is complete! To learn more about our custom built CAPTCHA, visit: https://proton.me/blog/proton-captcha
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Joan Romero commented
Absolutely agree with this request and was personally very surprised when I saw the Google captcha being used by ProtonMail 🤦🏻♂️
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Anonymous commented
Geetest
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Adriano commented
Never rely on any google service.
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Raph J commented
Fun fact: do you know you can provide useful feedbacks without being rude or insulting people ?
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Resynth commented
It has come to my attention that ProtonMail uses Google's closed-source reCAPTCHA engine to verify new users before they are accepted into the platform.
This is a privacy risk.
It allows Google to monitor ProtonMail registrations. This also is a *fundamental* risk to security. To provide your users with proper safety and privacy, it would be best to remove the Google reCAPTCHA functionality from your website.
For more information and possible alternatives, please visit this article on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/gt2cvf/protonmail_opensource_or_recaptcha/
Many thanks,
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Charles Darwin commented
The CAPTCHA on the verification page uses Google's captcha service, which is absolutely terrible for privacy reasons. Please consider some alternatives such as hCaptcha or Geetest. (In addition, with hCaptcha you get paid for every time a user completes a captcha, instead of that labour going towards trainging Google's AI).
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Anonymous commented
Really sucks, bring back recapcha. !
only sms, email
( non proton) or donate) lost anonymity.... U R Going backwards Proton !!!!!! -
Shawn Savoie commented
ok protonmail you guys are telling us that google products are bad but recaptcha is owned by google by putting that on your site thats going against your word on privacy so i think you guys should make your own before people start realizing that your using a google product on your site as a security feature
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Anonymous commented
reCaptcha is lost. there is only email sms donate...