What is up with Captcha?

[LynnsLittleShop]

On my laptop, I just did 24 captcha images and then got the message to log in and had to do another 10, then finally the message to go to my email account to get the number. I have to get a text to let me into my email account. 

If I didn't have orders to go out and labels to print, I would have given up!  

[ChillwolfArt]

@LynnsLittleShop  Once in a while, I will receive the Captcha (I always use the same desktop computer, Chrome, Windows 10). And you click on cars, motorcycles, buses, crosswalks, etc. And because many of the photos are grainy, sometimes you mess up and have to continue clicking. I think it's been about a month since I went through that (knock on wood). I don't know what triggers the Captcha, but I agree, it's annoying, especially when the pictures and clicking keep coming.

[BagmakerSupply]

@LynnsLittleShop: It is Google that is questioning your humanism. Every time you go to a page protected by reCaptcha it calculates a score - if that score is below the threshold set by the hosting site (in this case Etsy) it starts the reCaptcha image cycle until Google is satisfied that you are a human.

While Google does not share its magic recipe for how it calculates your score there are some known factors: the reputation of your IP address, if you are using a VPN, what browser you are using, if your browser is blocking tracking, what extensions are on your browser, whether or not you are currently logged into Google, viruses or malware on your computer or modem, if you are using a proxy server, your search history, your cookies, etc etc etc. Sometimes it is as simple as your browser not sending enough information and that is why doing a hard page refresh occasionally works.