Bloomberg - Are you a robot? (2024)

FAQs

How do I get rid of I am not a robot CAPTCHA? ›

Proving that you are human and not a computer programme is mainly to prevent automated software (Robots/bots) and spammers from performing actions on your behalf. CAPTCHA is a programme that is used to protect you.

The latest versions of reCAPTCHA are able to take a holistic look at a user's behavior and history of interacting with content on the Internet. Most of the time, the program can decide based on those factors whether or not the user is a bot, without providing the user with a challenge to complete.

Google interprets that your IP address / device sends multiple search requests at the same time (this creates a suspicious effect on the search engine). With CAPTCHA, Google makes sure that you are not a robot or a computer program that sends multiple requests for search or spam.

So, suppose there no problem on my IP right if both of other browser pass the cloudfare checking. That means it's a browser issue, that is your browser is not sending enough important data to tell the system it's a legit user. Instead the system think it's a bot or spam to try to stop you with captcha.

Captchas cannot be disabled for a specific user. You can increase the amount of failed login attempts.

With many active customers, there is a high chance of you trying to access the same website with the same IP address as other customers. This will usually cause the Captcha prompt to pop out, as the website finds multiple connection requests from the same IP address suspicious.

The most commonly used Turing test is the CAPTCHA, an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart." CAPTCHAs are designed to see whether users are human, often to prevent bots from accessing computing services.

"Essentially, when you are clicking 'I am not a robot' box, you are instructing the site to have a look at your data and decide for itself. If the machine is not sure, that's when it directs you to click on lightroom pictures of fire hydrants that aren't there.”

What happens when you tick "I am not a robot"? ›

A 2020 episode of QI gave a rather surprising explanation of what ticking 'I am not a robot' on a website really does. They said that it gives a website permission to look at your actions and history on your device to decide if you are human.

There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running."

What to do when you get this message. The message most likely shows a reCAPTCHA. To confirm that you're a person and not a robot, solve the reCAPTCHA. After you solve it, the message goes away, and you can use Google again.

If your network is using a shared public IP address, such as a public proxy server, Google may have triggered the message based on traffic from other people's devices. Additionally, this error could be triggered if multiple people on your network were searching at once.

Search engines will send captchas when a VPN is detected, testing/checking for bots. Nothing to do with browser, we can't stop it. It will occur in any browser.

To confirm that you're a person and not a robot, solve the reCAPTCHA. After you solve it, the message goes away, and you can use Google again. If you don't get a reCAPTCHA, check if: Your browser is supported by reCAPTCHA.

If you are seeing it all the time there might be a malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests, a different computer using the same IP address may be responsible.