21 sats \ 6 replies \ @franzap 29 Jun 2023 \ on: Daily discussion thread
NPM denied my account creation even though I solved 20 of their captcha puzzles.
We need a Nostr Package Manager
Once someone claims jack's github prize, I bet that'll follow shortly after
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Are you on a VPN or trying to register over TOR? Those are the only secnarios where I have seen recaptacha prompt for more puzzles, if that is the captcha they are using. I am actually not too sure the site itself has any control over that unless they change out the captcha.
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Interesting that Github is allowed on Tor but npm not?
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I passed all the puzzles, the site definitely has control over it especially with the "Account creation denied" message
And apparently I can't log in via Github to publish on the NPM registry
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I bet sites have some sort of control over those rules but I have seen it happen randomy with other sites too. It can be super annoying.
Not sure why NPM is more hostile with tor users but it really isn't uncommon. I have only had to deal with it with Google searches but it is so frustrating.
Now that I think about it, 20 prompts is excessive. I wonder if the root issue is actually just a javascript call getting timed out because of latency over tor? That would make more sense to me because If I was integrating some challenge like that I would cap it off at like 3 or 4 to validate it is a human.
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There were like 20 in total, not in one go, I saw max 4 at at time.
I could not use Tor (captcha does not even appear) so ended up using another browser. I still don't have an account by the way
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