Captcha - Getting a LOT of them

[Kannkor]

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Description of the issue:
I just switched from Chrome to Brave in the last week or so.
I am getting a very annoying amount of captchas. Almost every website I visit, every time I visit them, I have to do them, and I apparently I am not very good at them.

How can this issue be reproduced?

It feels like the majority of websites that I have to do anything with, is requiring captchas every time I visit them with Brave. I play a video game, and just logging into their website on every single one of my accounts required captcha with Brave. With Chrome, I would either get none, or the checkbox to confirm I’m not a robot.

I had to book some park and fly reservations, and every time I had to go through it there also.

Expected result:
Hopefully there’s some middle ground of usability/privacy, that I can set up your average user/friend/family with.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Version 1.76.74 Chromium: 134.0.6998.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:
I am brand new to brave, and have not touched much in the way of settings.
I did a lot of googling, and everything I found was quite a few years old. Wondering if there is some setting or something that can reduce some aggressiveness of whatever is handling this type of thing.

[289wk]

Some of what you are probably encountering, are the “Cloudflare Robot Cops” ← that are sensitive about Brave Browser and/or some Internet connections.

Google uses reCAPTCHA. Cloudflare uses hCAPTCHA (and other routines).

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In order to try and improve the chances of passing the test of such encounters with Cloudflare . . .

In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:

brave://settings/content/javascript

Scroll down that javascript settings page to Allowed to use javascript

Click the Add button

Enter [*.]cloudflare.com as the site . . . but do not Enable the following:

• Current Private session only

Click the Add button

Repeat those steps for:

• [*.]cloudflareinsights.com

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In order to try and improve the chances of passing the test of such encounters with Google . . .

In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:

brave://settings/content/javascript

Scroll down that javascript settings page to Allowed to use javascript

Click the Add button

Enter [*.]google.com as the site . . . but do not Enable the following:

• Current Private session only

Click the Add button

Repeat those steps for:

• [*.]googleapis.com
• [*.]gstatic.com

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Tips regarding Brave Shields:

I have more success, with:

• Brave Shields UP
• Either Allow All Cookies or Block 3rd Party Cookies, but NOT Blocking All Cookies
• Allowing JavaScripts from specific sources, but NOT Allowing All JavaScripts
• Trackers & Ads treatment: Aggressive (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
• Fingerprinting (aka footprinting) blocking: Strict (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting

I almost NEVER use:

• All of Brave Shields UP
• All of Brave Shields DOWN

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STUDY:

Shields Basics

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001053072-Shields

How do I configure global and site-specific Shields settings?

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023646212-How-do-I-configure-global-and-site-specific-Shields-settings

How do I use Shields while browsing?

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing

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[dyslex1con]

Hey, almost the same problem, but I can’t even open the site by clicking an infinite number of times on cloudflare captcha. None of this helped. Tried to clear all of the cookies, same result.

https://www.metal-archives.com/ - opens with VPN (regardless of shields are off/on) or private tab only
https://rateyourmusic.com/ - opens only in private tab regardless of shields are off/on

[289wk]

I do not encounter a CAPTCHA at https://www.metal-archives.com.

I did encounter a Cloudflare hCAPTCHA routine at https://rateyourmusic.com . . . that Brave Browser could NOT satisfy. And I do not know how to get around that.

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@fanboynz

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[Kannkor]

I added the exceptions for javascript. From a quick test, that didn’t make a difference.

[https://auth.daybreakgames.com/login](https://Daybreak Games login)
Check the I am not a robot, I still get the captcha to pop up.

[289wk]

The Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare hCAPTCHA (and other routines) that pop up and spoil the proceedings, are frustrating.

I do what I can, 1st with my preferred Internet browser: Brave Browser (“BB”).

When that (I did what I could with BB) does not succeed, and I need to connect / sign-in, my 2nd choice is to use Firefox, and after that fails, my 3rd choice is to use Microsoft Edge.

In all such cases, I try to avoid using Google Chrome ← that Great Sucking Sound that tries to vacuum up all personal and private information about almost everything.

So, in general, there does not seem to be, at this moment, a precise, durable, reliable fix for some occasions of being confronted by unrelenting, repeating:

• Google reCAPTCHA
• Cloudflare hCAPTCHA
• “I was logged out of _________ again!” (after I did _______)

I am sorry to report to you.

PS. I use a VPN, because I must. Disabling that usage, is not an option for my computer ops.

cc: @fanboynz