Re: Hey Google - Recaptcha sucks

[Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

It has long been known that open public wifi ( such as at airports )
heavily impacts the reCAPTCHA score. There are tons of perfectly plausible
technical explanations that could explain what happened, and none of them
involve any sort of preference solely because Chrome was used.



On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM Kevin Tillery via NANOG <
nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> You're being silly about it, but this is the core of anti-trust. You
> can't enter two different markets with two products and make sure they
> work better with each other than with any other product in the opposite
> market.
>
> Or rather, you can, but it's illegal and the government is meant to come
> after you. Of course, the government hasn't been enforcing this for
> decades, ever since it was bought by companies that do this.
>
>
> On 06/02/2026 16:04, Tom Beecher via NANOG wrote:
> > > I can't help but notice that Chrome works. It's your _competitor_
> > > Firefox that you don't seem to like.
> >
> > A company's product sends more signals back that can streamline usage of
> > the same company's services?  What's next? Dogs and cats living
> together..
> > mass hysteria!!
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM William Herrin via NANOG <
> > nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm at SEATAC airport trying to access www.google.com via the public
> > > wifi with Firefox. Apparently you really don't like that because it's
> > > stuck in a Recaptcha loop displaying captcha after captcha after
> > > captcha.
> > >
> > > I can't help but notice that Chrome works. It's your _competitor_
> > > Firefox that you don't seem to like.
> > >
> > > IP address: 198.134.98.50
> > > Time: 2026-02-05T20:03:35Z
> > > URL: https://www.google.com/
> > >
> > > FIx it, eh?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bill Herrin
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