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mas12509
8 months agoHelpful | Level 6
Almost impossible to login due to "games" captcha
Hi everyone! I have a problem I hope you can help me resolve.
I use my Dropbox free acount to move files from my phone to the office computer. They are personal things, so I can't install the app or login out of a private browser session. I have two-factors autentication active.
Dropbox makes me lose a lot of time in stupid games before login to prove I'm human. I'm not talking about reCAPTCHA here, but real games where you move people to the right chair and other crap like that.
How can I avoid this? It's ridicolous, if I wanted to play I will have open an account to a game site, not to personal cloudspace.
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- dch0jmh8 months agoNew member | Level 2
I'm on the same page, mas12509
But please don't do anything that would delete this thread, as lots of people have been redirected from other threads to post here and it seems to be the best/only chance of making our feelings felt.
I've been loyal to Dropbox for many years now, but this insanity is close to breaking the camel's back.
- mas125098 months agoHelpful | Level 6
On this comment, I'm closing my account.
I've moved my files elsewhere - as soon as this discussion is closed (I'm the one that opened it, I don't want to impact other users) I deleting my account completely.
It has been a week, but instead of resolving the problem, the situation is getting worse. "Understanding" and "passing along" are not enough, I'm not waiting weeks for someone to realize they have to go to the logs of the days where everything was working right, and do a simple copy and paste.
I'm hoping other users will get to the same conclusion - if Dropbox doesn't care for users to be able to access their account, then the accounts shouldn't be there.
- Hannah8 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey dch0jmh and raaaadrop, thanks for chiming in here.
I completely understand where you're coming from and your feedback has been passed along.
We'll make sure to keep you updated with any news.
- raaaadrop8 months agoNew member | Level 2
This utter nonsense popped up.
- This a user-hostile captcha mechanism.
- There is no option for audio-verification, so it's impossible for blind people to answer
- It DOES NOT WORK -I've had to do it twice and it failed both times
- This was on the checkout page and IT BLOCKED ME FROM BUYING A DROPBOX SUBSCRIPTION!
You're playing yourself here. This is not security, this is something else. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Tech notes: Firefox, adblock turned OFF, 2FA fully setup
- dch0jmh8 months agoNew member | Level 2
Well, it was 4 days ago that you said the team is "working on a fix". I've hit the same problem today, with both the "seats in chairs" one and the audio. I've wasted upwards of an hour on it.
Each one goes through 10 challenges, which each takes many clicks or much waiting. Even if it says I've passed, it just goes back to the beginning.
I have literally never seen captchas this lengthy before. And they don't even work.
- Nancy8 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that our team is aware of this issue and they’re actively working on a fix.
Thank you all for reporting this and for your patience so far.
- John Bingley8 months agoHelpful | Level 5
I am having the exact same problem. i have tried the puzzles and the arrows will not move the person to the correct chair and when tried the audio option i was always failed at the last question.
What on earth is going on?
- jes258 months agoNew member | Level 2
I agree workaround is not the answer. Remval of these capchas is the only route forward for me as a user of Drobox
- jes258 months agoNew member | Level 2
Audio is even worse! Perhaps I am musically impaired! But I find it impossible to get completed. I have reached zero tolerance level with capchas
- jes258 months agoNew member | Level 2
Because of this I cannot even get a Reset password option!!!!
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