reCaptcha
Many of you have no doubt already noticed the first of these new features when logging in to the website, known as reCaptcha. Most of the time, this system will not require any input from the user, but if deemed necessary, you may be presented with a challenge or puzzle that is intended to be easy to solve by us humans but prove difficult for bots. Only after carefully reading and successfully completing the challenge, will you be able to log in.
We realize that this may be a bit of an annoyance, but we feel these systems are necessary to help ensure that our services are not compromised, keeping your accounts and content secure. More information about our primary captcha service can be found here: https://support.google.com/recaptcha/
Though most people will see Google's reCaptcha 2 system, if it fails to load for whatever reason, the website will fall-back to a similar alternative. Only when you are logging in will this affect you. So as long as your account remains logged in on your device(s) of choice, you will not be bothered by this minor hurdle (though always be sure to log out when using a public device, of course).
Two-factor Authentication
The more recent addition to our account security suite is known as Two-factor authentication. When enabled, this system serves two purposes. First, it is designed to keep your account secure by ensuring that you, and only you, have access to your account. Secondly, it provides a method to regain access to your account in the event that you lose control of the email address associated with it.
Though optional, we highly suggest that you enable this feature to help ensure the security of your account. More detailed information about our new Two-factor Authentication system can be found here: https://help.nexusmods.com/article/74-two-factor-authentication-for-nexus-mods
That's all for now. We hope that these new systems serve you well. If you have any questions or concerns, comment below or contact [email protected].
Cheers!
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A moderator has closed this comment topic for the time beingYou mean that god awful login Captcha that is hilariously easy to get around by abusing googles own speech to text service?
> Most of the time, this system will not require any input from the user
Maybe if you're lucky and don't care about privacy, for the rest of us it's a ordeal of disabling various anti-tracking addons, disabling content blocking and enabling javascript
> We realize that this may be a bit of an annoyance
It's a massive annoyance. In fact it's such an annoyance that I got feed up and now just use jdownload2 and it's niffy little Captcha solver to avoid logging in via a browser
> but we feel these systems are necessary to help ensure that our services are not compromised
Lol then you're wrong. No other website does this, not to mention that if you actually cared about the risk of compromised you'd set up some sort of proper 2 factor auth instead of this disgrace of a email system. Yea no need to worry about compromise when anyone with access to my email account can read my 2fa codes.
There's also the fact that this terrible system doesn't even bother to make the user fill in the code every time, so if my computer is ever compromised your 2fa won't mean s#*!
> When enabled, this system serves two purposes. First, it is designed to keep your account secure by ensuring that you, and only you, have access to your account
No. It ensures that anyone with access to my computer or my email can access my account. I mean really how hard is it to set up a OTP system?
I have now tried 2 WEEKS daily multiple times to login and recaptcha did not work and fallback did not Trigger!
It is pure Luck it did trigger now! I Start toi really HATE Google recaptcha and Nexusmods gets more and more annoying.
WHY ?! Money issus (Server) or whatever.. And i can't update my hardware or software just for fun to "meet" their expectations money is THERE an issue too ;)
P.S. Please think about people not able to use "modern" browsers. And sometimes "modern browsesr are an annoyance too.
Gotcha!
Jokes aside, ConnieandMike said it right. It just goes on and on most of the times (7-8 pictures sometime).
This can happen if you do not enable cookies from third-party sites (such as Google) or destroy them too quickly. You definitely need to enable persistent cookies from "*.Nexus.com" to avoid most of the recaptcha annoyance on your personal device.
"Google's new CAPTCHA security login raises 'legitimate privacy concerns'"
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-no-captcha-adtruth-privacy-research-2015-2
Partial summary. Google ReCaptcha doesn't just check if you're human, it identifies you as a specific individual and tracks your travels across the Internet (e.g. including sites with Google captcha logins). When you use their recaptcha, they also place / update a Google cookie to remember where you individually have been / your activities. They use a mix of fingerprinting techniques (anonymity-defeating techniques), including examining all info about your browser, including which browser addons you have installed. In other words, it's Google.
"Google's new CAPTCHA security login raises 'legitimate privacy concerns'"
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-no-captcha-adtruth-privacy-research-2015-2
Don't think it's properly working for me
anyway really appreciate the reply and thanks again for taking your time for replying