Captcha error?

[BoomerD]

All of a sudden, I started getting a captcha error when teying to access Anandtech forums on m iPad. Happens with Chrome and Firefox.

Doesn't seem to affect my android device in Chrome or Samsung browser, although, before I could log in, I had to click a "I am not a robot" box. (First time for that)

 

[esquared]

Happened to me once yesterday.

 

[BoomerD]

Thankfully, this seems to have stopped...for now.

 

[BoomerD]

Welp...it's back.on android, it shows "suspicious activity." and, oddly enough, if I click the "I am not a robot" captcha thingie on my android fone, (not available on the iPad, only file not found) it SEEMS to clear the problem on both platforms.

Edit:

https://forums.anandtech.com/v2Captcha.php, https://forums.anandtech.com/v2Captcha.php
That's what I keep getting.
But the page just shows "file not found."

 

[ivwshane]

I'm getting that error now too. If I change to my cellular network vs home Wi-Fi it works.

What's the deal?

 

[esquared]

I'm getting that error now too. If I change to my cellular network vs home Wi-Fi it works.

What's the deal?

I had it a couple times the last few days.

 

[corkyg]

• I had it happen yesterday when I changed OS drives. AOK today.

 

[mindless1]

I just started getting the captcha, a few days ago. Never saw one before that. Same browser, system/OS, IP, etc.

It might (or might not, I don't log dates) have coincided with visiting some site with offensive ads, causing me to block servebom.com which Anandtech seems to also use.

 

[Meghan54]

Am now getting captcha a whole lot when I used to rarely if ever see them. Damned aggravating and I've not gone anywhere or done anything "suspicious," well, outside visiting AT's P&N forum. Guess that's the "suspicious" part, eh?

 

[corkyg]

Just curious . . . are you logging on manually or using a password mnager?

 

[BoomerD]

Just curious . . . are you logging on manually or using a password mnager?

I get hit with the captcha crap at least once a day. I log in manually. As mentioned in the other thread, on my android fone, I just have to check the "I am not a robot" box, but on my iPad, all I get is "file not found," and I have to use my fone to complete it.

 

[mindless1]

Could it have something to do with frequency visiting the site, that it serves as some kind of flood control but is set way too low? I can't recall how often I was visiting a month ago vs now, but the rate I see them is much lower now, rarely ever.

Captchas can be funny things though. On one system I can visit a page (on a different site) and get a captcha where I just have to click "i'm not a robot" but on a different system, same webpage, using same browser (but probably blocking slightly different things), I also have to solve those pick-the-squares-with-the-thing-in-them, puzzles.

 

[corkyg]

Are you on a VPN?

 

[BoomerD]

Are you on a VPN?

I'm definitely not.

 

[Meghan54]

Just curious . . . are you logging on manually or using a password mnager?

Manual login...no pswd mgr.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Happened to me three days, or make that three nights, in a row. Place is pretty much unusable now. It gets sold every other week, how can it pass through that many hands without eventually hitting somebody somewhere that knows wtf they're doing?

 

[DrDoug]

I've been hit with this captcha bull every single time I am logged out and clicking on the P&N forum link. I can go into any other thread and don't get hit with it, just when logged out and clicking on P&N. If I log in I don't get hit with it, just when I'm not logged in. The worst part is that no matter how many times I solve the captcha I get hit with another one and then another one and then.... and so on and so on...

If I can't cruise the forums while not logged in then I guess I will just quit doing so. This is just stupid.

 

[jmagg]

Same on android tab, solve then go results in error and endless captcha loop. Also cannot log in on android.

 

[StarTech]

I have been hit with this right now. Just clicking on "NEXT" to go to next page on a thread. I can see setting controls for posting and continuous reads that may appear bots, but believe me, I am not that fast moving...

 

[BoomerD]

Does anyone in admin pay attention to this? It doesn't seem like this is an isolated problem affecting only a certain group of users who (just as an example) are all running VPN's or anything. It seems this is a PITA for just about everyone here. I can understand using the captcha crap for establishing new accounts as a means of controlling ot accounts...but come fckng on...this is ridiculous.

 

[corkyg]

Many sites use CAPTCHA when the received signal contains parameters that are associated with hackers or spammers. As an example, my brokerage account throws a CAPTCHA if I log in with my password host. If I manually log in (human typing speed) the CAPTCHA never appears.

 

[BoomerD]

Many sites use CAPTCHA when the received signal contains parameters that are associated with hackers or spammers. As an example, my brokerage account throws a CAPTCHA if I log in with my password host. If I manually log in (human typing speed) the CAPTCHA never appears.

OK, I get that, but I'm almost always on my android fone or iPad, logged in on my home network with no password host, no VPN, nothing out of the ordinary. I think the same applies to MOST folks here who have been having problems with it.

 

[ivwshane]

This profanity removed is happening again. Just to clarify; the URL points to some captcha crap, however what is displayed is, “file not found”, so I can’t even see a captcha.

Wtf! Anandtech, this is a freaken tech site! Get your profanity removed together!

Profanity is not allowed in FI.
admin allisolm

 

[allisolm]

I feel all of your frustration. I experience the captcha thing also, although I have not had it keep going in a loop. I have notified the Future folks again and asked them to post here. We shall see.

admin allisolm

 

[DrDoug]

One thing I noticed is that if I open a clean browser and don't click on the accept line at the bottom of the screen, the captcha pge doesn't pop up while refreshing pages in P&N and not being logged in. While it's a pain to see that line all of the time, it's more of a pain being trapped in a captcha loop.