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EU

European CAPTCHA providers compared

So you want to stop relying on American Big Tech, but cannot decide which CAPTCHA provider to choose? I tried each major one in EU - it was interesting to compare them against Private Captcha. What are we mostly looking for: based (as in “founded” ...

reCAPTCHA

Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged

In May 2026, Google announced “Google Cloud Fraud Defense - the next evolution of reCAPTCHA.” The announcement described a QR code challenge where users scan a code with their phone to prove human presence. Google killed Web Environment Integrity in ...

self-hosting

In-depth comparison of self-hosted captchas in 2026

Whether your reasons are privacy-, compliance- or just curiosity-related, the good news is that self-hosting a captcha service is possible. Slightly worse news is that you will have to make a choice between sometimes mutually exclusive options, but ...