Ask HN: ReCAPTCHA differences in Chrome and Firefox

1 points by fx85ms 11 years ago | 1 comment

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/w5R4kqG,grITngx#0

I have tried signing up for an account at a http://www.spoj.com/register/ using Firefox, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get the correct captcha.

To my surprise, when I tried the same registration page in Chrome, a different captcha came up.

Is there any good reason behind why it's dead simple in Chrome, but almost impossible in Firefox?

techjuice 11 years ago |

More then likely it has to do with the amount of times you have previously solved a ReCAPTCHA before. If I delete Google cookies from my browser I will get the harder to solve ReCAPTCHAs at first, eventually it will turn into the easier ones.

If you are logged into a Google property you might also get easier to solve ones, since they know you at least have an account and previous account activity.