I’m Not A Robot ✅
What those boxes are for, and why you might not have to click them soon. • Sponsored by Dashlane —try 30 days for free at: https://www.dashlane.com/tomscott
MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkcha
Written with Sean Elliott https://twitter.com/SeanMElliott/
Directed by Tomek
Graphics by Mooviemakers https://www.mooviemakers.co.uk/
Audio mix by Haerther Productions https://haerther.net/
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@TomScottGo
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
And that's the end of this run! I strongly suspect The Basics will return sometime. And thanks to Dashlane for sponsoring this whole season: https://www.dashlane.com/tomscott
@TheCoolThings-0
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
These are annoying when there are squares which contain pieces of image and some of those squares contain pieces of the thing you have to select. I have no idea whether that counts or not because not all of the square is the object.
@michelleburick6063
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
oh no!!!!!!!😢
@Rowlesisgay
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
this was 5 years ago :/
@daftlad526
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
That's exactly what a robot would say
@gumballegal
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
guess captcha isn't what it used to be nowdays.
@DataJuggler
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
I can't read any of those.
@zoetbh6048
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
This video's title is no longer accurate as Tom Scott does in fact, have a robot, and so he is.
@AdrianHereToHelp
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Fun fact: reCAPTCHA also definitely checks your IP address. When I have my VPN on I have noticably more secondary "identify the pictures" checks
(This is not being presented as a bad thing — it makes perfect sense that this would be one of the components)
@khoinguyenle9498
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
The guy that invented the Captcha was also the guy that started Duolingo
@jannis11
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
nOicE
@tattycakes2k2
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
TIL captcha is an acronym!
@bernardkealey6449
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
And to think 8 months later we had more fun proving “I am not a cat, judge”
@reecechapman251
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
every time i see recapture 'hello im tryna steal data.. restarts device and retype it again in google .. no more recapture!.. i aint yr test subject
@oscarsowerbutts
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Captcha v4: Eat spaghetti on webcam
@pcc404
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
microsoft's captcha is better than google's
@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
I say no to most cookies, so I always get the ''select all the fire hydrants'' things, except I also don't have great eyesight and have repeatedly failed them many times. It's so frustrating x.x I get it, but eugh
@amang1001
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
So wait does this mean sombody has hacked my internet?
@Nyaalexi
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
I've seen a whole lot of videos on this lately, but so far yours is the best.
@P4ncake_.
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
This is funny how tom can make a sponsorship enjoyable
@Jack-jh2to
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Why do we need to tell humans and robots apart?
@Jonathan-kraai
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
watching the basics series it becomes clear that the only real captcha is asking what 0.2 + 0.1 is.
@SASTSimon
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
My dad tried to go on google while using a vpn and he needed to do over 20 captchas
@foolishball9155
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Ironic because YouTube has a bot problem
@frankmurphy615
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
The new CAPTCHAS are terribly bad. Either than or I'm a robot and programmed not to know. It's really frustrating.
@PetroicaRodinogaster264
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Damn I already have Dashlane
@ConanDuke
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
No one seemed to even notice when it came to pass that everyone seemed like they were just working for the macines
@fuiehfjfcnsl
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Ein Kommentar
@D-V-O-R-A-K
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
I especially like the ones where I choose the correct ones, and it thinks I'm wrong.
@noo635
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
very × 487 late, but nice meeting you not a robot!
@mcrich23
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Google doesn’t really want to end the arms race, because then they wouldn’t keep developing their systems
@100beep5
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Regarding Dashlane, if you're worried about governments going after your data, put it all on paper in a self-destruct safe.
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