Fix your lousy ass human verification system.

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ٿ☣♛ † King Yoshii † ♛☣ٿ Oct 17, 2016 @ 9:23am

Fix your lousy ass human verification system.

Honestly, what in gods name is the point of these browser captchas? The sad part is that bots can decode captchas faster than humans can, so they literally serve no purpose other than to annoy people; congrats.

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That guy with the Spoon Oct 17, 2016 @ 9:29am

where do you see captchas on steam?

ٿ☣♛ † King Yoshii † ♛☣ٿ Oct 17, 2016 @ 9:39am

It made me fill in a capthca to very I was a human in order to log into the browser. The captcha failed like a dozen times even though everything I typed in was 100% correct. Eventually it worked, for no other reason that randomization it seems. The fact of the matter is, it's a useless security measure. They think an autonomous bots can't solve a 3x3 puzzle but I can? Makes no sense. "To verify that you're not a bot," lol, really? You must be dealing with the up-most of unsophisticated software on the planet. It's such a thin security measure that I could compare it to wearing a latex hazmat suit during a radiation outbreak. It literally serves no other purpose but to be a nuisance.

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Spambot71 (main character) Oct 17, 2016 @ 9:42am

You were clearly not right if it failed.

ٿ☣♛ † King Yoshii † ♛☣ٿ Oct 17, 2016 @ 9:50am

I'm pretty sure I know if I'm typing in my credentials right, especially when I can see them. Thanks for your useless comment though?

Spambot71 (main character) Oct 17, 2016 @ 9:54am

Clearly you wrong no matter how sure you are, system can't fail "randomly"

Cathulhu Oct 17, 2016 @ 10:05am

You're not trying to log into Support with your Steam account aren't you?

ٿ☣♛ † King Yoshii † ♛☣ٿ Oct 17, 2016 @ 10:23am

No I'm not, I know that the support account is separate; lol. I've had this account for more than five years, I know how it works; I'm simply stating that the capthca is 100% grade A iowa bull-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It's not a security measure at all, it's like covering your mouth and nose with your hand to try and prevent inhalation contamination; it just doesn't work.

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Zefar Oct 17, 2016 @ 10:53am

If you're logged in you'll never see these captchas.

They are also there to stop spam bots.

StickyPawz Oct 17, 2016 @ 11:26am

The system cannot be wrong ... Clearly ♛† ☜- I Bubba Gump I -☞ †♛ is borderline human ... Perhaps a sneaky cyborg!

ٿ☣♛ † King Yoshii † ♛☣ٿ Oct 18, 2016 @ 12:02pm

Originally posted by Zefar:
If you're logged in you'll never see these captchas.

They are also there to stop spam bots.

If you think that a captcha can outsmart a bot then idk what to tell you; it's just not feasible; maybe if a twelve year old wrote a bot with two pages of scripts, but hey, it's 2016. It's not a safety measure, it just isn't. Like I said, I could compare it to wearing a latex hazmat suit during a radiation outbreak; it's just not going to work.

Last edited by ٿ☣♛ † King Yoshii † ♛☣ٿ; Oct 18, 2016 @ 12:07pm

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Diggzy May 21, 2022 @ 9:13pm

For anyone finding this later on, I had this problem but just used the audio prompt. Click the headphones at the bottom left, listen to the clip, and type in what is says. It worked the first time.

Also, if it doesn't work, it's probably because you tried too many times with the image prompt. Wait about an hour and try again.

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