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@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ consequently [FSF criteria C3][fsfCriteria] is unmet.
gitlab.com, so they have a hand in the oppression of their own
contributors).
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Regarding the last item above, a user was simply trying to edit an
existing message that they had already posted and a CAPTCHA was forced
on them. There are several problems with gitlab.com's rampant abuse
@ -103,12 +104,12 @@ of CAPTCHAs:
work for humans. The fruits of the human labor does not go to the
laborer, but instead hCAPTCHA [pays][cfpaid] CloudFlare a cash
reward. Consequently the laborers benefit their oppressor.
1. CAPTCHAs are defeated. Spammers find it economical to use
third-world sweat shop labor for CAPTCHAs while legitimate users
have this burden of dealing with CAPTCHAs that are often broken.
1. hCAPTCHAs compromise security as a consequence of surveillance
capitalism that entails collection of IP address and browser
print.
1. CAPTCHAs are defeated. Spammers find it economical to use
third-world sweat shop labor for CAPTCHAs while legitimate users
have this burden of dealing with CAPTCHAs that are often broken.
1. hCAPTCHAs compromise security as a consequence of surveillance
capitalism that entails collection of IP address and browser
print.
* anonymity is [compromised][grcDenanymises] (the article covers
reCAPTCHA but hCAPTCHA is vulnerable for the same reasons).
* the third-party javascript that hCAPTCHA executes could linger
@ -163,9 +164,10 @@ of CAPTCHAs:
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</details>
1. Users are forced to execute [non-free javascript][nonfreejs],
thus violating [FSF criteria C0.0][fsfCriteria].
1. The CAPTCHA requires a GUI, thus denying service to users of text-based clients including the `git` command.
1. Users are forced to execute [non-free javascript][nonfreejs], thus
violating [FSF criteria C0.0][fsfCriteria].
1. The CAPTCHA requires a GUI, thus denying service to users of
text-based clients including the `git` command.
1. The CAPTCHAs are often broken. This amounts to a denial of service:
* E.g.1: the CAPTCHA server itself refuses to give the puzzle saying there is too much activity.
* E.g.2: gitlab.com has switched back and forth between Google's reCAPTCHA and hCAPTCHA (by *Intuition Machines, Inc.*) but at the moment they've settled on hCAPTCHA. Both have broken and both default to access denial in that event: <table>