Unable to click Cloudflare captcha "I'm human" checkbox

[slferris]

In the attached macro I can't get it to click the Cloudflare captcha checkbox "I'm human".

➢DFCU Password Login KM.kmmacros (328.2 KB)

[griffman]

I'd start by testing that it is finding the target image, but assuming it is, then because these things are designed to detect if you are, indeed, human, you can't usually get away with just moving the mouse there—when you do that, the algorithm then thinks you're an alien :).

This thread has a macro that moves the mouse in a more-human way:

Moving the Mouse like a Human would

Here's a set of macros that lets you record and play back human mouse movements for automating very smooth/human-like mouse movements in Keyboard Maestro. I just wrote it today, but even though it's a new rewrite of old code, I think it's bug free. But let me know if you find any problems. The KM action "Move Mouse" is good for basic/autonomous mouse movement, but it doesn't do the job in an aesthetic or human-like way. These macros will let you record and play back human motion, which can be u…

That might be what you have to do.

-rob.

[kevinb]

When I replied about this subject previously, it was on the basis that image detection worked for me as a solution to this problem, but I have since found that it works much more reliably in some browsers than in others. For example, in Orion, it works every time, but in Brave Browser, that’s certainly not the case.

I shall run some more experiments to try to find out why. In the meantime, @slferris, you might want to use another browser for sites that often bring up that checkbox. Note also that the challenge is much more likely to appear if you are using a VPN IP address (in particular, one that is suspected of having been used for potentially harmful actions against sites).

[slferris]

Thanks. Appreciate the response from kevinb. I will try some different browsers.

However, I have discovered that Cloudflare contains logic to detect if a keypress to verify a captcha challenge is likely a synthetic or robotic response. Such logic likely prevails when you repeatedly invoke a macro to log in over a short interval, which is something I have often done trying to get my macro to work.

I will probably, with some disappointment, just intervene manually and click the checkbox to verify I am human and allow the macro to continue from there.

[griffman]

Or you can try @airy's macros, which should do the trick, given they mimic human mouse movement.

-rob.

[kevinb]

I’ve not found any such resistance in my tests, but numerous factors could come into this, such as the browser, the role of content blockers or settings chosen by the site for all I know!