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#311800 15-Feb-2024 14:24
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Google has recently announced policy changes that would make it impractical for us to continue using their invisible reCAPTCHA v3 service.

 

I have removed this service from our pages, replacing it with Cloudflare Turnstile in only certain parts of the site (login, registration, contact and PM).

 

You will notice that a new test will appear on those pages, but not everyone will see it as, with time, it will get smarter and only show the test if needed.





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  #3196041 15-Feb-2024 23:15
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Out of curiosity what was the policy change?





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  #3196045 15-Feb-2024 23:40
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Possibly this?

 

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[Billing Notice] Price changes for Google reCAPTCHA product tiers

 

Starting April 1, 2024, we will be expanding existing features and providing additional pricing options for Google reCAPTCHA product tiers.

 

What do you need to know?

 

Starting April 1, 2024, the following price changes will be available with Google reCAPTCHA:

 

  • Inclusion of transaction protection in reCAPTCHA Enterprise and a price reduction from $40 to $1 per 1,000 assessments. reCAPTCHA Enterprise will also include 10,000 no-cost assessments per month instead of 1 million.
  • Addition of reCAPTCHA Standard for bot protection at $8/month for up to 100,000 assessments per month.
  • Renaming of the reCAPTCHA no-cost product to reCAPTCHA Lite, providing protection for up to 10,000 instead of 1 million assessments per month.

We will continue to provide 1 million no-cost reCAPTCHA Enterprise assessments per month to eligible Nonprofits, Charities, and Libraries.

 

What do you need to do? ...

 

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  #3196050 16-Feb-2024 03:12
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Correct.




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  #3196056 16-Feb-2024 06:20
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I've put Turnstile on a couple of my (extremely low traffic) personal websites 4-5 months ago.  They used to get 2-3 spam comments a week slip through the spam protection I was using (not reCaptcha).  Turnstile is amazing - I haven't had a single spam since.


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Is it expected behaviour to block VPNs?
When I tried to log in I got warnings saying I was using an outdated browser. Only fixed when I deactivated my VPN.
(Chrome android, Express VPN set to NZ)




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  #3226877 6-May-2024 09:24
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I am not targeting VPNs, but I am targeting Bad Networks (TM), and some VPNs might be using those.

 

If the Turnstile script loads and passes then you should see Geekzone.

 

The VPN is probably blocking the Turnstile script, hence the "Old browser" message. Check your settings for "Block tracking" or "Block scripts" or something similar.

 

Just for an idea, only 0.09% of traffic coming from these networks pass the test.

 





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