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Ask HN: Is HN's account creation CAPTCHA broken?

2 pointsby syskalmost 10 years ago
... or is it impossibly hard? I must have tried at least 10 times to complete the CAPTCHA without success.

2 comments

aghll0ihph2bbe8almost 10 years ago
I spent more than twenty minutes last night trying to create this throwaway account in order to publish an anonymous &quot;Ask HN&quot; using the TorBrowser, I even tried to &quot;Download Audio&quot; alternative and was completely sure that the numbers were correct but again the captcha reappeared as if the previous answer was invalid. I decided to allow JavaScript globally just in case without much luck. After some time I started to think that I was really a robot so I decided to create the account using my normal browser, very frustrating.<p>EDIT: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WqnXp6Saa8Y" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WqnXp6Saa8Y</a>
avinothalmost 10 years ago
Umm, There is no CAPTCHA verification afaik, tried few seconds before.