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[Rohit Pandey <rht.uimworld@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: software-center
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: software-center

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033598

Title:
  the CAPTCHA challenge in Ubuntu Software Center is much too difficult
  to solve for a real human being

Status in software-center package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-sso-client package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  software-center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04
  software-center 13.10, Ubuntu 14.04

  1. Switch to a guest session.
  2. Launch USC.
  3. Choose "Turn On Recommendations".

  This really may be two bugs, but the latter one is a lot more
  irritating:

  1. For some reason Software Center keeps asking me to create a
  Software Center account on startup and also whenever I try to turn on
  recommendations. This should be OK, except that I created an account
  months ago. What happened to it?

  2. Well whatever, then I shall register again. Unless there's a CAPTCHA challange which I can't solve. 0/40 success rate (est.). Guys, please. I'm a human being. 0/40 means that this CAPTCHA is nearly unsolvable. If I'm wrong, then go on, prove me wrong.
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/214060168/usc-captcha.png

  Also it looks like I'm not alone with my opinion:
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2012-May/056197.html
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/990963/comments/6

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