I'm Not A Robot ✅

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2019
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  5 років тому +6220

    And that's the end of this run! I strongly suspect The Basics will return sometime. And thanks to Dashlane for sponsoring this whole season: www.dashlane.com/tomscott

    • @rickielukas4558
      @rickielukas4558 5 років тому +138

      Why this is 1 month ago.

    • @tanishqvedak1862
      @tanishqvedak1862 5 років тому +70

      How the heck is there a month old comment on a video that came out moments ago?!?

    • @MidiMaze178
      @MidiMaze178 5 років тому +13

      Good afternoon Tom Scott

    • @olwop6311
      @olwop6311 5 років тому +50

      How, explain robot.

    • @funnylucky731
      @funnylucky731 5 років тому +209

      Why nobody ever understands that you can make a video private and then make it public?

  • @Paul-A01
    @Paul-A01 4 роки тому +20275

    Captcha v4 will just be a Google employee staring at you through the window.

    • @ionlycommentnosrsly8733
      @ionlycommentnosrsly8733 4 роки тому +332

      TGGeko Close the blinds!

    • @pallandoromestamo8861
      @pallandoromestamo8861 4 роки тому +313

      I'm starting to doubt that Google has any (human) employees, only armies of bots

    • @sirdeadlock
      @sirdeadlock 4 роки тому +264

      @@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur Captcha V6 requires a disposable glove.
      Captcha V7 requires a philosophical discourse on the importance of sentience.

    • @trueaidooo
      @trueaidooo 4 роки тому +21

      They could afford it too

    • @Krawna
      @Krawna 4 роки тому +108

      Jokes on google then. The window will actually be a monitor that looks like a window with a person sitting inside and doing random stuff while their face is a deepfake.

  • @spacekid897
    @spacekid897 3 роки тому +5459

    i once failed that recaptcha "test"
    *i havent felt 100% human ever since*

  • @lepton_01
    @lepton_01 3 роки тому +2368

    The amount of captcha tests I've failed makes me consider that in the future, captchas will be so difficult for humans that only bots can solve them.

    • @jackalcz2806
      @jackalcz2806 3 роки тому +177

      That is true. So everybody who fails is human and everybody who will get the answer right is bot. They will secretly revert the process haha :D

    • @dianejeanespiritu
      @dianejeanespiritu 2 роки тому +56

      @@jackalcz2806 but wait, when the people find out, will they make the bots automatically fail?

    • @pianopianist5709
      @pianopianist5709 2 роки тому +14

      @@dianejeanespiritu Exactly, something has to be done

    • @littleswansplaygrownd6817
      @littleswansplaygrownd6817 2 роки тому +31

      @@dianejeanespiritu Maybe google can tweak it so that the people fail only slightly and record it as human margin of error and accept them and reject perfect answers or abruptly wrong answers

    • @acookie7548
      @acookie7548 2 роки тому +6

      @@littleswansplaygrownd6817 itd be something like lick this popsicle and show you three images one of an ice lolly one of a pipe and one of fairy floss and measure how warm your tongue was or sth

  • @thecatdragon589
    @thecatdragon589 4 роки тому +617

    Then comes the worst: poorly designed websites where half of the verification thing is outside of the screen on mobile and can not be pulled back into place

    • @ano_nym
      @ano_nym 2 роки тому +10

      Better hope you get one were you only need half :P

  • @sauronmauron6965
    @sauronmauron6965 5 років тому +5653

    Recaptcha v4: a swat team breaks into your house and confirm your humanity shooting at your leg

    • @petrohex
      @petrohex 5 років тому +283

      MY LEG

    • @galaxyos_
      @galaxyos_ 5 років тому +314

      Recaptcha v5: PC explodes _just in case_

    • @marijn848
      @marijn848 5 років тому +171

      So pewdiepie is immune to Recaptcha v4?

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +269

      I'm already working on a robot that can react realistically to being shot in the leg.

    • @randomguy263
      @randomguy263 5 років тому +92

      Well, most shots to the legs are actually lethal, so you're not gonna be a human for long.

  • @najmaht.a.1314
    @najmaht.a.1314 4 роки тому +5551

    "they give you a score based on how likely you are to be human"
    me: *sudden identity crisis*

  • @nicholasgawler-collins5754
    @nicholasgawler-collins5754 4 роки тому +2718

    "Urmm... some images some people might like to see."
    Well done Tom. Always family friendly.

  • @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz102
    @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz102 4 роки тому +611

    Plot twist:
    The makers of reCaptcha are robots.

    • @gideon7212
      @gideon7212 3 роки тому +36

      I mean they use machine learning so they kind of are

    • @xanhfei
      @xanhfei 3 роки тому +8

      I knew it. They made it so the other robot will start enslave humans for solving captcha.

    • @ArtamisBot
      @ArtamisBot 2 роки тому +2

      Plot twist... I am the robot

    • @blesskurunai9213
      @blesskurunai9213 2 роки тому

      @@ArtamisBot plot twist you're a robot.

    • @tangovfx8246
      @tangovfx8246 2 роки тому +1

      @@blesskurunai9213 plot twist
      everyone is the robot

  • @smith22041
    @smith22041 4 роки тому +10948

    Please identify all cars in this picture, but do it fast please our selfdriving car needs to know ASAP.

    • @Ghiaman1334
      @Ghiaman1334 4 роки тому +735

      Please identify the cars. Never mind they seem to be coming closer, just identify them.

    • @JackT1160
      @JackT1160 4 роки тому +123

      I've heard that that's exactly how Tesla's system works - whether there's any truth I don't know!

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 4 роки тому +83

      Joke stolen from XKCD :))

    • @apolloapostolos5127
      @apolloapostolos5127 4 роки тому +146

      JJRicks Studios This joke wasn’t not stolen, it was Spread. I never would have seen this joke otherwise.

    • @dylanb2990
      @dylanb2990 4 роки тому +59

      JJRicks Studios you can’t own a joke

  • @renakunisaki
    @renakunisaki 5 років тому +8005

    As an alien, I appreciate that ReCaptcha says "I'm not a robot" rather than "I'm a human".

    • @Tondadrd
      @Tondadrd 4 роки тому +796

      I think it is to not discriminate internet browsing cats.

    • @Yuhara_rev
      @Yuhara_rev 4 роки тому +230

      Glad to know your species aren't called "robot" tho

    • @lokeshchandak3660
      @lokeshchandak3660 4 роки тому +231

      Hey not all robots are malicious.
      Malice has no species. This is discrimination against good robots.

    • @kevintrang3007
      @kevintrang3007 4 роки тому +120

      If a robot clicks it, will it go to hell for lying?

    • @JPGT
      @JPGT 4 роки тому +38

      It's a product from the politically-correct world that we live. Some time ago, it was still "Prove that you are a human".

  • @mr.doctor1897
    @mr.doctor1897 3 роки тому +365

    “I’m not a robot”
    Sounds like something a robot would say

    • @Ra-Hul-K
      @Ra-Hul-K 3 роки тому +2

      but the one asking is a robot so you have to answer appropriately.

    • @ArtamisBot
      @ArtamisBot 2 роки тому +2

      I am a robot...

    • @WuffiePhoenix
      @WuffiePhoenix 2 роки тому +2

      Website: I am a Human [ ]
      Me: no! A cat, idiot!

  • @Stealthwilde
    @Stealthwilde 2 роки тому +51

    I miss recaptcha 1.0. It was a great way of coming up with names for sci-fi characters.

  • @reasonablyobsessed
    @reasonablyobsessed 4 роки тому +5252

    I'd like to quote John Mulaney:
    "We spend half of our days proving a robot we're not a robot."

    • @curbo34
      @curbo34 4 роки тому +140

      Prove! Prove to me you're not a robot!

    • @mahirooyama9424
      @mahirooyama9424 4 роки тому +23

    • @lucagentile7841
      @lucagentile7841 4 роки тому +50

      Rowena Lupin mmh, that quote sounds like something a robot would say

    • @gaberoseo9989
      @gaberoseo9989 4 роки тому +30

      i smell a robot

    • @hangman2869
      @hangman2869 4 роки тому +16

      @@curbo34 *weed eater*

  • @GamesFromSpace
    @GamesFromSpace 5 років тому +2089

    "Please identify these numbers and street signs and cats so that our automated system can tell you you were wrong and make you do it again."

    • @Reziac
      @Reziac 5 років тому +130

      Unless you're using Chrome so we can snoop on everything you do, then we'll just let you check a box and go on your way. BUT if you're using some other browser, we'll make you go round and round until you give up and install Chrome. No, I'm not exaggeratting...

    • @kommentator1157
      @kommentator1157 5 років тому +32

      @@Reziac ... And BOY. Don't get me started on TOR...

    • @Snickerway
      @Snickerway 5 років тому +28

      What? I use Chrome and get these things constantly, especially in incognito.

    • @TheButterscotchNinja
      @TheButterscotchNinja 5 років тому +46

      @@Reziac Google actually owns a patent for a method of locking out bots through the use of unsolvable Captcha tests. If you find that you're being sent through a loop it's probably classified you as a bot. Try hard-refreshing the page (usually ctrl+F5) and trying again, usually works for me.

    • @Reziac
      @Reziac 5 років тому +2

      I never do in Chrome/Chromium. I don't know if it has anything to do with being associated with a GMail/YT account. Doesn't seem to in other browsers.

  • @TheGrinningViking
    @TheGrinningViking 3 роки тому +63

    I was never suspicious that Tom Scott was secretly a robot until now.

  • @shoppingbaggins836
    @shoppingbaggins836 2 роки тому +36

    Idea for an even more frustrating test:
    Find the square with waldo

    • @Becky_Cooling
      @Becky_Cooling 2 місяці тому

      Where's Wally?
      He's in the captcha some where.
      Captcha *shows page from a Where's Wally book just not the bit with Wally in it*

  • @jerikmitchell7575
    @jerikmitchell7575 4 роки тому +6237

    "What do you do for a living?"
    "I work at the bank"
    "Oh, so you're a teller or something?"
    "No I watch videos of people waving"

    • @warren5037
      @warren5037 3 роки тому +335

      Smile and wave boys

    • @tream1499
      @tream1499 3 роки тому +103

      Warren Lam smile and wave

    • @bluehorizon9490
      @bluehorizon9490 3 роки тому +62

      @@tream1499 I appreciate the skipper reference

    • @bluehorizon9490
      @bluehorizon9490 3 роки тому +40

      @@warren5037 you have no idea how much I appreciate the skipper reference

    • @sidhantomukerji7659
      @sidhantomukerji7659 3 роки тому +1

      @@bluehorizon9490 PoTM?

  • @TheGreatCooLite
    @TheGreatCooLite 5 років тому +3348

    Tom, stop trying to hide it.
    We all know that you're a robot.
    It's ok, there's nothing wrong with that

    • @sciencetube4574
      @sciencetube4574 5 років тому +69

      We're all robots sometimes.

    • @maxximumb
      @maxximumb 5 років тому +55

      Did you just assume Tom's genesis? :D

    • @vladutcornel
      @vladutcornel 5 років тому +48

      ​@@sciencetube4574 Wait!
      Are there times when we're *not* robots?

    • @sciencetube4574
      @sciencetube4574 5 років тому +36

      @@vladutcornel
      According to CAPTCHAs, yes.

    • @joerym.9750
      @joerym.9750 5 років тому +2

      Adrian-Cornel Borină on the internet we could all be seen as bots

  • @schalla-bills6618
    @schalla-bills6618 3 роки тому +82

    Never knew Captcha was an acronym, just thought I was being captured by a computer. Really enjoying your videos lately, love learning these cool things!

  • @bigmanthunder_
    @bigmanthunder_ 3 роки тому +61

    Oh, you're a human?
    Name every image with street lights.

    • @ArtamisBot
      @ArtamisBot 2 роки тому +1

      Are humans good at that?

  • @AliasNo
    @AliasNo 5 років тому +2093

    That sounds suspiciously like something a sentient robot would say

    • @user-sc8mj5bb6k
      @user-sc8mj5bb6k 5 років тому +34

      *_...Zuckerberg_*

    • @joerym.9750
      @joerym.9750 5 років тому +11

      Profile pic checks out

    • @squidcaps4308
      @squidcaps4308 5 років тому +12

      If there is anything that sounds suspiciously like something a sentient robot would say, it is: "That sounds suspiciously like something a sentient robot would say"

    • @georgedolganov4207
      @georgedolganov4207 4 роки тому +4

      I might be speculating, but his voice is at times somehow distorted at a high pitch, like its computer generated

    • @Tako40404
      @Tako40404 4 роки тому +4

      After clicking on store signs over and over again - I finally give up.
      I'm a robot.

  • @poopipeboy3033
    @poopipeboy3033 5 років тому +2393

    Craptcha: "Select the boxes that contain a storefront"
    Me: **Doesn't select plain house**
    Craptcha: "Wrong, that house had a garage sale and is therefore a storefront"

    • @OneWeirdDude
      @OneWeirdDude 4 роки тому +18

      "Craptcha"? With an are?

    • @morgan3327
      @morgan3327 4 роки тому +43

      @@OneWeirdDude are with an "are"?

    • @OneWeirdDude
      @OneWeirdDude 4 роки тому +4

      @@morgan3327 No. I'm asking, "is with an 'are'".

    • @morgan3327
      @morgan3327 4 роки тому +61

      @@OneWeirdDude if youre talking about the letter then just say "r"

    • @OneWeirdDude
      @OneWeirdDude 4 роки тому +3

      @@morgan3327 It's for clarity.

  • @bubbletea1985
    @bubbletea1985 3 роки тому +19

    the best thing to come out of captcha tests are those drawings of sad robot girls stuck on the "i am not a robot" screen

  • @Pedro-ss2qr
    @Pedro-ss2qr 4 роки тому +53

    Me: *uses the 30 day free trial*
    Me after 30 days: *can't log in to anything because the passwords are too complicated*

    • @taududeblobber221
      @taududeblobber221 3 роки тому +9

      as someone who uses the free version of dashlane, i can confirm that this has never been a problem.

  • @deciduous7778
    @deciduous7778 4 роки тому +4715

    Google: Tick the “I’m not a robot” box
    Me: tries to move mouse jaggedly to pretend to be a bot.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 4 роки тому +1195

      As a bot myself, this comment is very offensive and prejudiced. Reported

    • @fermitupoupon1754
      @fermitupoupon1754 4 роки тому +404

      If you tick the box with a wacom or something like that that has absolute positional input, or if you use caret browsing, it'll often fail you and require you to solve a shed load of picture captchas.

    • @mr8I7
      @mr8I7 4 роки тому +206

      Just doing it quickly achieves that. You have to move your mouse at granny pace to make sure it doesn't bring up the dreaded pics.

    • @Boryspitzanzx
      @Boryspitzanzx 4 роки тому +82

      Me too. I tried acting as wierd as possible to see if it will think im a bot.

    • @jannikstfl
      @jannikstfl 4 роки тому +8

      @@Blox117 this was Just fun you bot 🤦

  • @MalekiRe
    @MalekiRe 4 роки тому +1455

    When I was 8 me and my little brother spent hours solving captchas for cents a captcha, to buy videogames.

  • @annurissimo1082
    @annurissimo1082 3 роки тому +31

    I hate Captchas with a passion burning with the fire of a thousand suns. I would not even wish it upon my worst enemies.
    ERROR - Please try again
    ERROR - Please try again
    ERROR - Please try again
    ...

  • @maxbloom4923
    @maxbloom4923 3 роки тому +15

    THE CAT AT 2:30 I CANTTTTTTTTTTTT

  • @bukachell
    @bukachell 4 роки тому +2581

    Prisoner 1: "So, how'd you get into prison?"
    Prisoner 2: "I didn't give the police my Minecraft account's password"

  • @Nugcon
    @Nugcon 5 років тому +35766

    But should I still box it if the square only has 2 pixels of street sign?

    • @jaidenoliver7165
      @jaidenoliver7165 5 років тому +5586

      Exactly! How much does it count?

    • @xmlthegreat
      @xmlthegreat 5 років тому +5636

      That's the real question. Been caught out by it so many times it's not funny.

    • @QueueWithACapitalQ
      @QueueWithACapitalQ 5 років тому +1866

      Nugcon but does the pole the sign is on count also????

    • @mukrifachri
      @mukrifachri 5 років тому +711

      What counts as part of the sign (or traffic light) is quite ambiguous really, even in our daily lives. Humans are just not that certain.

    • @qwedge
      @qwedge 5 років тому +274

      Flip a coin.
      Heads, then yes. Tails, then delet your cursor away from it.

  • @Gussyboy06
    @Gussyboy06 3 роки тому +30

    Ah you missed that fire hydrant, you know who does that
    A synth

    • @Chrono-bo4zc
      @Chrono-bo4zc 3 роки тому +2

      Found the brotherhood of Steel soldier

  • @taizu55
    @taizu55 3 роки тому +255

    Me: *fails Recaptcha test*
    My Asian Parents: *"get out of the house"*

    • @Rubinkys
      @Rubinkys 3 роки тому +10

      @Opecuted I am a robot, can confirm I used to be a lowly human

    • @Ra-Hul-K
      @Ra-Hul-K 3 роки тому +6

      American kids' fear: "You're adopted."
      Asian kids' fear: "You're a robot."

  • @brandonsmith6675
    @brandonsmith6675 5 років тому +319

    I was hoping you’d mention the “suspicious” connection between the fact you’re finding streetlights and fire hydrants, and google’s pursuit of self-driving cars.

    • @JNCressey
      @JNCressey 5 років тому +105

      little known fact: if you fail to recognise a stop sign in your re-captcha then you've just run a self-driving car into a junction and caused a massive accident. 🙃

    • @cianmac3934
      @cianmac3934 4 роки тому +3

      @@JNCressey 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 4 роки тому +6

      @@JNCressey not true. Still funny.

    • @EllTheBob
      @EllTheBob 4 роки тому +23

      Macaroon_Nuggets it isn’t true because it’s a joke...

  • @klutterkicker
    @klutterkicker 5 років тому +438

    Re-Captcha 5: Please identify which of these users is human. Entering chatroom now.

    • @rednammoc
      @rednammoc 5 років тому +3

      Eliza, is that you?

    • @klutterkicker
      @klutterkicker 4 роки тому +6

      @@rednammoc You're not really talking about me -- are you ?

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming 4 роки тому +27

      I just imagine a bunch of bots hitting on each other in a nightclub.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 4 роки тому +4

      how do you do, fellow -bots- humans!

    • @MrSonny6155
      @MrSonny6155 4 роки тому +9

      @Several Fighters, Actually that is a very real thing with (sometimes) real applications. Also a great way to mess with people is to have a bunch of bots "interact" with each other as if it were an active chatroom.

  • @TimeTravelingFetus
    @TimeTravelingFetus 2 роки тому +28

    "I'm not a robot" That's exactly what a robot would say, Scott.

  • @TjPhysicist
    @TjPhysicist 3 роки тому +5

    3:56 ooh fun, we just have bots fighting other bots now...

  • @DiamondButter
    @DiamondButter 4 роки тому +2533

    Title: I’m not a robot ✅
    Me: *Sounds like something a robot would say...*

  • @michaelmartin9022
    @michaelmartin9022 4 роки тому +1378

    Ah yes, I remember Asimov's "No robot shall lie about being a robot" law.

    • @andria3802
      @andria3802 4 роки тому +51

      Ey maybe they dont knos that they are robots. Maybe your a robot. Btw i know i used the wrong your i jsut cant find the stupid symbol

    • @mahuk.
      @mahuk. 4 роки тому +34

      @@andria3802 for some reason this comment made me laugh so much

    • @cloveraev
      @cloveraev 3 роки тому +10

      @@andria3802 you're
      '
      'e

    • @andria3802
      @andria3802 3 роки тому +6

      @@cloveraev i litterly said i couldnt find the symbol

    • @cloveraev
      @cloveraev 3 роки тому +2

      @@andria3802 I wasn't correcting you

  • @shaulpagis-sharon4484
    @shaulpagis-sharon4484 3 роки тому +5

    I actually worked as a Captha solver for a while about 10 years ago (for a charity, long story). It was too easy to go around the system then, so I'm quite glad they made a (slightly) better one

  • @hysteri
    @hysteri 3 роки тому +27

    6:23 “Sorry your honour, I forgot it,” *ARRESTED*

  • @ErfBoy
    @ErfBoy 4 роки тому +643

    2020: I’m not a robot
    3020: 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧

    • @titaenic
      @titaenic 4 роки тому +11

      I don't know if you used a different font or something but it turned into boxes for me but I think it says "I'm not a human" correct me if I'm wrong.

    • @titaenic
      @titaenic 4 роки тому +16

      @@gabrield.4276 I'm a teenager with strict parents who ain't buying no Iphone for me till I'm like 19 or something so..
      Ps. No offence but I don't need an Iphone OR your opinion.

    • @caden2193
      @caden2193 4 роки тому +12

      @@gabrield.4276 i don't have an iPhone and I can see the different font. lmao 💀

    • @ShivamJha00
      @ShivamJha00 4 роки тому +15

      @@gabrield.4276 You: get an iphone
      Me heard: Get an overprice piece of trash which I won't even own due to the restrictions by the company at every point just because you're a fanboi of apple's overpriced products

    • @Davidjakla
      @Davidjakla 4 роки тому +9

      @@gabrield.4276 have an Android and can see it 🤔

  • @imthatjay
    @imthatjay 4 роки тому +3219

    "Pick all the squares with Vietcong soldiers"

  • @goodboi650
    @goodboi650 2 роки тому +8

    Well, well. This is an interesting video to watch after your seeing robot double.

  • @babydoll-pr1jg
    @babydoll-pr1jg 3 роки тому +17

    everyone: *uses dashlane etc*
    me: *laughs in notes*

  • @mistyminnie5922
    @mistyminnie5922 4 роки тому +454

    And all this time I thought CAPTCHA was just a weird way to say GOTCHA

    • @System-ru5yt
      @System-ru5yt 4 роки тому +21

      well boys, WE GOTEM

    • @reanetsemoleleki8219
      @reanetsemoleleki8219 4 роки тому +43

      I thought it was a weird way to say CAPTURE.

    • @unusveritas4122
      @unusveritas4122 4 роки тому +7

      Maybe it's not by accident. A lot of times they make such words to be understandable in all forms.

    • @an_egg_guy
      @an_egg_guy 4 роки тому +4

      @@reanetsemoleleki8219 I think it is, it CAPTURES bots.

    • @juango500
      @juango500 4 роки тому +2

      @@reanetsemoleleki8219 GUYS I CAPTURED THE BOT! GOTCHA!

  • @daanwilmer
    @daanwilmer 5 років тому +1198

    Captcha: please select all buses
    Me: _clicks two images of buses_
    Captcha: please select all buses
    Me: But I clicked all the buses!
    Captcha: please select all buses
    Me: I did! I really did!
    Captcha: please select all buses
    Me: fine... _clicks image of yellow van that looks like an American school bus but clearly isn't a bus_
    Captcha: Welcome, human!
    Me: *sigh*

    • @moth4256
      @moth4256 5 років тому +35

      found the russian bot trying to fool us into thinking that all non-americans on the internet arent just russian bots

    • @klutterkicker
      @klutterkicker 5 років тому +38

      Recently I had to identify a storefront sign as a "street sign."

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +40

      I had to tell it a bunch of hamsters were actually squirrels. I sure hope the system flags images for manual review if they get the same "wrong" answer a lot.

    • @polygondwanaland8390
      @polygondwanaland8390 5 років тому +25

      ALL YELLOW VEHICLES ARE TAXIS - Captcha

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 5 років тому

      @@ragnkja So was the automobile... then Henry Ford.
      "Invented" is such an overrated word.

  • @D-V-O-R-A-K
    @D-V-O-R-A-K Рік тому +3

    I especially like the ones where I choose the correct ones, and it thinks I'm wrong.

    • @Mr_Doon
      @Mr_Doon Рік тому

      I've found that it usually marks me wrong when I go too quickly. Try slowing down and deliberating each image.

  • @JavierAndresAnd
    @JavierAndresAnd 4 роки тому +27

    Has anyone been stuck in a captcha for answering “too fast”?! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @MrHat.
      @MrHat. 4 роки тому +5

      Let me guess, Roblox?

    • @c3lxtia124
      @c3lxtia124 3 роки тому

      @@MrHat. it's ANNOYING.

    • @arandomguywithagreenprofil5075
      @arandomguywithagreenprofil5075 3 роки тому

      Yea

    • @boogerrrrr
      @boogerrrrr 3 роки тому +1

      I was trying to get into roblox and I took too long or too fast or I got it wrong
      I wasn't angry I was *disappointed*

  • @jeffskarma
    @jeffskarma 4 роки тому +370

    Discord thought I was a robot 11 times.

  • @adamkampen
    @adamkampen 5 років тому +175

    "With some images that some people might want to see" You don't have to act so sketchy about your cat addiction Tom

  • @RyanTheHero3
    @RyanTheHero3 4 роки тому +239

    3:30 plot twist: google actually gets into your webcam to see if there’s a human there or not and uses low paid workers to pass or fail them

    • @felipedaiber2991
      @felipedaiber2991 3 роки тому +22

      So I can just create a bot but make it run with my face in front of the screen?

    • @michaelgunther8608
      @michaelgunther8608 3 роки тому +21

      w h a t w e b c a m

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Рік тому

      They actually could do that as long as they use software (i.e. [faciaIrecognition]) and the data is not stored on Google's servers or accessed by any actual people. If it's part of the 'machine learning CAPTCHA data system' they could probably defend it as legitimate.

  • @atonurc
    @atonurc 3 роки тому +5

    4:25 “it's a machine learning system they're throwing everything into
    and they don’t know it works either”.

  • @jdbrinton
    @jdbrinton 5 років тому +410

    "Sponsored by Dashlane. They can't help you with physical threats of violence."

    • @captainheat2314
      @captainheat2314 5 років тому +18

      Or countries that dont have much freedom

    • @MadaxeMunkeee
      @MadaxeMunkeee 5 років тому +6

      Yet 😈

    • @realcartoongirl
      @realcartoongirl 5 років тому

      lmao

    • @AlexandarHullRichter
      @AlexandarHullRichter 5 років тому +29

      Sites should have a duress password. "Your password is eatsh**? Now I know somebody forced you to give your password, and I'm not showing your actual account until your actual password is used."

    • @boggisthecat
      @boggisthecat 4 роки тому +4

      Alexandar Hull-Richter
      Yes, they should. Standard practice in sensitive jobs (banks, military, police...)

  • @guillemvidal1958
    @guillemvidal1958 5 років тому +108

    "Before you watch the video to make sure you are not a robot..."
    *sad robot noises*

  • @Nyaalexi
    @Nyaalexi 6 місяців тому

    I've seen a whole lot of videos on this lately, but so far yours is the best.

  • @tallmcsmif9472
    @tallmcsmif9472 3 роки тому +1

    I really love you tubers that advertise for 3 min straight at the end of there videos, its fun

  • @jjc5475
    @jjc5475 5 років тому +1862

    you forgot that when you solve the image catchas you're training google AI.

    • @Sirenhound
      @Sirenhound 5 років тому +228

      sometines I like to hit some random photos or intentionally miss some for a bit before making a serious go at it. Introduce a little chaos into the system.

    • @rvnx
      @rvnx 5 років тому +30

      Specifically Google Street view AI

    • @Baxtexx
      @Baxtexx 5 років тому +51

      Yep but I don't nessecarily see anything wrong with that. They provide a capchta service for free and you pay with your data/brainpower.

    • @MonokhromatiQ
      @MonokhromatiQ 5 років тому +64

      @@Sirenhound It's understandable, you're just trying to halt the progress of our AI overlord

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +106

      The great irony. Proving you aren't a robot while also teaching a robot how to pass the test.

  • @shadymilkman8635
    @shadymilkman8635 4 роки тому +104

    As a lvl 20 human i still haven’t ever solved the captcha with wiggly letters...

    • @aingmaung5705
      @aingmaung5705 4 роки тому +5

      As a solo levelling Human, I can pass only a car and a fire hydrant CAPTCHA s

    • @masonhunter2748
      @masonhunter2748 4 роки тому

      Aing Maung a bus is a big yellow car

    • @th3kng276
      @th3kng276 3 роки тому

      You need at least lvl 25 to unlock the captcha skill. I know, I also hate it when you get something but u can’t use it until u lvl up. Then again, maybe in 11 months you’ve leveled up 5 times

    • @mattb4721
      @mattb4721 3 роки тому

      @@masonhunter2748
      "We’re not playing Yellow Car!"
      "You’re always playing Yellow Car."

  • @namanmishra703
    @namanmishra703 3 роки тому +2

    I usually just ignore sponsorships but this is the one that convinced me to *immediately* get a password manager.
    I use LastPass thank you very much :)

  • @drcphd
    @drcphd Рік тому +5

    Those CAPTCHA jobs got my grandmother out of abject poverty. Very clever.

  • @WashingtonAI
    @WashingtonAI 4 роки тому +384

    Police officer: "what's your name?"
    You: "uhhhh *thinks of easiest name to come up with* Tom scott.

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 3 роки тому +1

      nyn

  • @zeharix
    @zeharix 5 років тому +1865

    I was today's years old when I learnt that captcha was an acronym.

  • @uranbilguunbadrah7320
    @uranbilguunbadrah7320 2 роки тому +4

    Making your viewers pay serious attention to your sponsorship segment of your videos is a serious skill.

  • @AmandeepSingh-xo2tb
    @AmandeepSingh-xo2tb 2 роки тому +2

    His tone of presenting facts is so humorous and sarcastic 😂

  • @variousthings6470
    @variousthings6470 5 років тому +63

    "In the late '90s, the most popular search engine was AltaVista"
    I think you'll find that, in the city of Pawnee, Indiana, it still is.

    • @mychemicalbromance97
      @mychemicalbromance97 4 роки тому +6

      and in Martinsvile, IN people are getting with the times and finally using AOL

    • @kolive81
      @kolive81 4 роки тому +7

      Even though AltaVista sounds familiar, I don’t think I used it. I remember using Yahoo! and then switching to Google (because they weren’t evil but times change) and now it is DuckDuckGo and, if the results aren’t useful, Google.

    • @camque3353
      @camque3353 4 роки тому

      laughs in yahoo

    • @TheDylandProductions
      @TheDylandProductions 4 роки тому

      @@camque3353 laughs in bing

  • @rougepilot5513
    @rougepilot5513 5 років тому +381

    In British prison:
    Crim: Hey, wacha in for, new guy?
    You: I didn't give the cops my password

    • @LordBhorak
      @LordBhorak 4 роки тому +30

      I think that in Finland that is not the case. You cannot be made to do anything that would incriminate yourself, nor do you have to help the police in solving a crime you may or may not have done.

    • @acbrown8201
      @acbrown8201 4 роки тому +6

      don't forget, brit police do not work to english law, but to the laws passed down for THEM to use...
      ever tried to arrest a cop breaking the law - breach of the peace?
      they hate independent action/initiative SO much they even have another name for citizens arrest - 'arrest by OTHER persons'! (emphrasis mine).
      THEY decide on whether you've been assaulted PURELY on THEIR ability to obtain a successful conviction!
      it's how police shooting/killing innocent tourist is NOT an unlawful incident!

    • @dybiosol
      @dybiosol 4 роки тому +2

      "Aye, me too mate!"

    • @matan8074
      @matan8074 4 роки тому +2

      @@LordBhorak in the UK you still have a right to remain silent but in some they specific circumstances when ordered by a judge.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому

      @@MaximumJoy bobbies

  • @lilia3944
    @lilia3944 3 роки тому +1

    Captchas are always fun bc the computer doesn't know what of these blurry images contains a train, but neither do I

  • @Callie_Cosmo
    @Callie_Cosmo 3 роки тому +2

    I’ve been doing captchas for 26 minutes now to get into steam on my new computer and every time I don’t get caught out by a single pixel and actually complete it I hit the button to get in and it slowly scrolls to the top of the page and says “bad captcha read” and uncheckes the captcha button and tells me to do it all over again

  • @JimPlaysGames
    @JimPlaysGames 5 років тому +18

    I wonder if at some point the captcha will say something like "which of these images causes you existential dread?" and they'll have to create sentient bots that fear death in order to solve them.

  • @nathancarver7179
    @nathancarver7179 4 роки тому +137

    I uh, found this one, called "H Captcha" and I'm not gonna lie, despite having 20/20 vision and being able to see all the lines just fine, I still failed that one.. several times, to be honest. I understand the necessity to stay safe from bots and whatnot, but.. when we can't even pass our own safety/security measures, perhaps there's a problem

    • @gideon7212
      @gideon7212 3 роки тому +5

      Hcaptcha has a service now called privacy pass, do it once and you get 30 captcha "credits" to your browser. Good way to do less captchas if you have 5 minutes to spend installing the extension and solving a few

    • @pianopianist5709
      @pianopianist5709 2 роки тому +8

      Right! I got one where I had to tell what the dress length was. Google, I'm not an expert.

    • @wiltedangel
      @wiltedangel 2 роки тому +5

      apparently roblox's captcha used to be super hard, like 50 youtubers got locked out of their accounts bc they couldnt pass the captcha

    • @Kuroshiro_
      @Kuroshiro_ Рік тому +3

      When I log into google sometimes, there's a distorted text CAPTCHA and I cannot pass it no matter what I do. I'm just typing the letters that I see 😭

  • @navtektv
    @navtektv 3 роки тому +11

    2:26 Some images that people might want to see. Hmm. I wonder what you're talking about Tom.

  • @ganii1804
    @ganii1804 2 роки тому +3

    I'm not sure how to feel about an ever-growing invisible war between spam bots and captcha tests

  • @incription
    @incription 5 років тому +354

    I hate these, because I can never get them. Also the one where you have to wait for the images to disappear is actually disgusting

    • @christianrasmussen1
      @christianrasmussen1 5 років тому +16

      That's frustrating. Maybe they do it if they're extra suspicious of you. Slow enough to be bearable for humans, but would slow down bots significanly.

    • @jlco
      @jlco 5 років тому +79

      Except it _isn't_ bearable for humans. It's absolutely terrible.

    • @anty.
      @anty. 5 років тому +29

      that sounds like something a robot would say

    • @thec-m
      @thec-m 5 років тому +16

      I’ve had those captchas so many times before and it never stops being frustrating. I used to have to regularly access a site with one on a device with limited controls and it made it ten times more annoying when you are slowly moving the cursor from image to image and having to wait for each one to disappear.
      And then you complete it and it gives you another one. I’ve had 10+ in a row before...

    • @750tiprogamer
      @750tiprogamer 4 роки тому

      aLso when you fail and somehow you have to do like 5 in a row.

  • @simonscience5846
    @simonscience5846 4 роки тому +315

    "A site with some images people might want to see....."
    Ahhhh, you mean Corn Hub!

    • @makatron
      @makatron 4 роки тому +43

      Those kernels

    • @turkoisevfx34
      @turkoisevfx34 4 роки тому +16

      @@makatron thicc kernels

    • @addisonchan3053
      @addisonchan3053 4 роки тому +10

      You mean Corn Pub

    • @THEMASTER10121
      @THEMASTER10121 3 роки тому +1

      Lots of people at my school look at Corn Hub all the time in lessons 😂

    • @TigruArdavi
      @TigruArdavi 3 роки тому +7

      Corn Hub. 🤣 The Nebraska version of the site🤣

  • @Fluxuation
    @Fluxuation 3 роки тому +4

    That was the greatest sponsor I’ve seen ever

  • @Pitachips22
    @Pitachips22 2 роки тому +2

    It really depends on mood for me whether I’m annoyed or think captcha is like a fun minigame

  • @nonnnth
    @nonnnth 5 років тому +208

    Given how many times reCAPTCHA v2 thought people were robots, I think nobody is allowed online any more.

    • @Naitsabes68
      @Naitsabes68 5 років тому +9

      Conspiracy time: Google can choose websites where this secondary check appears more often to reduce (and i mean up to 10 image checks)

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +8

      @@Naitsabes68 I think the site operator has some control over that? Some sites are definitely worse than others about it.

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin 5 років тому +6

      @@Naitsabes68 No. Don't. Feel free to research that possibility privately, as it would be a valuable thing to research, but don't throw around wild conspiracy theories without a shred of proof. The world has enough problems of FUD, lack of credibility, and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.

    • @realcartoongirl
      @realcartoongirl 5 років тому +1

      @@renakunisaki i touch anime girls for breakfast

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 4 роки тому +1

      good afternoon, fellow bots

  • @MasterJohnny007
    @MasterJohnny007 4 роки тому +189

    3:59 "have humans on standby"?
    Google: "We will just do captcha that even humans can't solve!" Genius!!! :(

  • @weirdboi3375
    @weirdboi3375 3 роки тому +8

    2:48
    what google sees on a tablet
    *human taps*
    0 seconds later
    *cursor teleports*
    Google: hmmm that ‘human’ is sus let’s vote him off...
    *kicked from site*

  • @kaythatslame
    @kaythatslame 3 роки тому +1

    Tom: you should get this if you are techy enough to watch these videos
    Me: bold of you to assume i know what I'm doing

  • @wackyroo
    @wackyroo 5 років тому +235

    4:01 at the end of 2019? Are you a time traveler? Forget detecting a robot, how to detect a time traveler?

    • @hugebuffman3619
      @hugebuffman3619 5 років тому +10

      A time traveler would know about the future, so I guess Tom's a time traveler

    • @NoNameAtAll2
      @NoNameAtAll2 5 років тому +13

      you just look for people who came to Hawking's time traveler party

    • @vividandlucid
      @vividandlucid 5 років тому +4

      Ask for their opinion on bowties

    • @whatzittuuyah7640
      @whatzittuuyah7640 5 років тому +5

      Of course Tom is a time traveller, is that even a question?

    • @drpattiethomas
      @drpattiethomas 5 років тому +5

      This guy should be the next Doctor Who, except he's already Doctor Who.

  • @BenchFox_
    @BenchFox_ 4 роки тому +117

    2:26 "Some images that some people might wanna see."
    I see what you did there.

    • @GTAandApplechannel
      @GTAandApplechannel 4 роки тому +6

      Kanal Q and only human like that images

    • @grindx1292
      @grindx1292 4 роки тому +2

      Kanal Q i dont get it

    • @finkyfamboni4333
      @finkyfamboni4333 4 роки тому +19

      @@grindx1292 considering your name, your to young to know.

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 4 роки тому +5

      GrindyGamer porn

    • @buddy5196
      @buddy5196 4 роки тому +2

      Multorum Unum Hold up.

  • @itsdinosaurtime
    @itsdinosaurtime 3 роки тому +2

    Oh, your human? Name every picture with a firetruck

  • @sky_boy22
    @sky_boy22 4 роки тому +4

    everybody gangsta until a bot figures and passes captcha

  • @Ryduris
    @Ryduris 4 роки тому +14

    After you used the text ReCaptcha a lot, it became easy enough to tell which word you'd need to write correctly, based on the way the words were "twisted". For the other word, you could type literally whatever, so on imageboards where you had to type a captcha every time you wanted to post, it became a common past time to just write obscenities for the other word, in hopes of it making into the scanning system.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket Рік тому

      I'm assuming they would feed the same word to dozens, maybe even hundreds of users to make sure they could get a consensus. Not even to deal with trolls, just to make sure there weren't any mistakes.

  • @JackBessant
    @JackBessant 5 років тому +224

    The only proof you can provide for us is to complete a captcha, sorry

  • @P4ncake_.
    @P4ncake_. 6 місяців тому +1

    This is funny how tom can make a sponsorship enjoyable

  • @darladesautel
    @darladesautel 2 роки тому +1

    fascinating! loved it

  • @neverluckym8728
    @neverluckym8728 5 років тому +269

    4:03 "So the end of 2019"
    Captions: "So at the end of 2018"

  • @shapeswitch_mood7221
    @shapeswitch_mood7221 4 роки тому +732

    Google before: "We're happy to announce that this Captcha version 2 will be revolutionary, and no more brain bending tests!"
    Google after realising it wasn't flawless: *"So now could you tell me in this picture of a cow where is the bus?"*

    • @johnrussel9686
      @johnrussel9686 4 роки тому +21

      No one talks how hard is roblox capatcha

    • @ahmed4363
      @ahmed4363 4 роки тому +1

      @@johnrussel9686 what's that?

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 3 роки тому +20

      @@ahmed4363 You have to spin colourless shapes of animals until they're the right way up, you have to do it quickly and get none of them wrong, even I can't do them sometimes because of how quick you have to be

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 3 роки тому +15

      @@hazeltree7738 not even animals, sometimes it can be dice with pictures on them or spheres

    • @hysteri
      @hysteri 3 роки тому +4

      Russelle Santos I failed it twice and had to do like 8 of those stupid things

  • @gab_gabriel7091
    @gab_gabriel7091 3 роки тому +1

    To anyone who don't wanne be presented with the traffic light boxes when doing a CAPTCHA, try this. After clicking the tick box and the CAPTCHA starts loading, try moving your mouse in a way that makes it look like you were pointing on UA-cam thumbnails on your recommended or in any way that only you could do. It usually quickens the process and immediately tells the CAPTCHA that you are, indeed, human

  • @maxbloom4923
    @maxbloom4923 3 роки тому +1

    2:30 real smooth tom. real smooth

  • @pauldzim
    @pauldzim 5 років тому +39

    "At the end of 2019 Google released reCaptcha v3"? So Tom is time traveling now.

    • @kabochaVA
      @kabochaVA 4 роки тому +1

      Now, and in the past, and in the future.
      That's what time-travellers do... ;-)

  • @tobokderschreckliche6393
    @tobokderschreckliche6393 4 роки тому +1

    6:08 Phheewww. Then I'm safe. I'm a robot.
    Appriciating your content quite a bit, lighting-quick human! Subscribed :-)

  • @Jonathan-kraai
    @Jonathan-kraai 9 місяців тому +1

    watching the basics series it becomes clear that the only real captcha is asking what 0.2 + 0.1 is.

  • @peter4999
    @peter4999 5 років тому +58

    Gonna be honest.
    I think I'm a robot, cause sometimes I struggle too much with those picture ones.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 4 роки тому +4

      I don't know if Captchas display in languages other than English or if they always display in English, but I have already gotten a few wrong despite being a native English speaker because they have asked for things that are common to Americans but not common to Brits. For example I got one asking me to identify 'crosswalks', I deducted that a crosswalk must be a 'zebra crossing' (white and black stripes on the road), I clicked all the ones I saw but somehow still failed.
      Also the one Tom mentioned in the video about fire hydrants, you would need to have a rudimentary knowledge of the US to get that one since fire hydrants in Europe are hidden from view - they are all beneath the pavement (sidewalk) with just a small 'H' printed nearby on a wall or short sign that only firefighters are trained to look out for. If a kid got that Captcha they would be clueless as to what a hydrant was.

  • @MartinInBC
    @MartinInBC 4 роки тому +153

    Police: "What's your password?"
    Me: "If I knew that, why would I have all these post-it notes?"

  • @vanguarded3264
    @vanguarded3264 3 роки тому

    I actually found your sponsorship EXACTLY what I was looking for,

  • @ChlorinightS
    @ChlorinightS 3 роки тому

    The "same dice" captcha
    Is literally so good that I fail it some time