Ok, that is kind of clever.
Though I suppose even the dumbest user will chicken out once the terminal pops out.
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With that shortcut only a tiny run window will appear and not the scary terminal
Depends on how dedicated they are. It's not implausible that some might just shuffle it away as "computer verification stuff", and faithfully paste and execute the code, since it's the computer doing a computery thing, that it says it is doing, and asks you to do, all must be well.
We now need a "verify you are a captcha" mechanism to counter this.
I cant believe they made captcha that only works on windows
You (probably) wouldn't see this page unless you were on Windows
I think more and more browsers are spoofing their UA to pretend that you're using windows, for fingerprinting resistance
/s no I wouldn't actually implement it
Yeah, right? Captchas have trained users to do whatever weird thing a webpage tells them to do, so now people will do this without thinking about it.
Yeah I sent the screenshot to my parents right away, I think they would know better but better be safe than sorry.
I tried it and it's not working for me, my terminal is super+T and paste is Ctrl+Shift+V
Win + R isn't the terminal but rather the run command.
Ooooohhh... Been using Ubuntu and Mint next to Windows for a couple years and always right-clicked to paste. So that's the secret sauce!
Shift-insert works too, one key less
But insert is farther than shift :P
It is but it's an easy combo on a full keyboard. On a laptop it may be a bit inconvenient I agree
The better argument is that many keyboards don't have an Insert key. I usually use Shift+Insert myself because it's more likely to work on all terminal types, including Windows and Linux, but have ran into times where I just don't have an insert, like on my laptop and Chromebook. So yeah, I might switch to Ctrl+Shift+V as my go to.
That’s so sassy I kinda respect it.
Too bad for those who fall for it.
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