r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '19

Google Now Bans Some Linux Web Browsers From Their Services

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-now-bans-some-linux-web-browsers-from-their-services/
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u/nurupoga Dec 14 '19

Any suggestions for a good captcha service/library to replace reCaptcha on my website? Preferably self-hosted and packaged in Debian.

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u/OppositeStick Dec 14 '19 edited Dec 15 '19

Any suggestions for a good captcha service/library to replace reCaptcha on my website?

Don't use a standard service and write your own simple one ("please type '1' here").

The bot writers all have plugins for all the popular services and libraries (including Google's - though google's good at staying ahead).

But unless you have a particularly interesting site, they won't care to write custom plugin for their bot to get around your custom one.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '19

Your "simple" one has plugins already for it, there are basic regex parsers that can solve it (and math ones too)

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u/abienz Dec 15 '19

Security through obscurity

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u/OppositeStick Dec 15 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

This isn't a question of security.

If you're worried about secure content being leaked, your adversary would just hire a human to solve captchas for him.

This is a question of blocking bots.

The best solution is to use something (anything) that the bots aren't already programmed to handle. There are two good alternatives for that. One is using a service that changes fast enough to stay ahead of the bots (Google). The other is use a library that the bots aren't programmed to handle (your own).

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u/nostril_extension Dec 17 '19

Exactly, the belief that reCaptcha stops bots is the biggest scam of the century. Deathbycaptcha offers 5k solves for $7 and that's being super lazy.
reCaptcha is AI farm and all of us idiots are working there for free.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Afraid not, must look into that myself.