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| Added a Table section, from scratch. It may copy or restate things said in the main Explanation (which needs a lot of subediting down, IMO) but I think adds many things not already mentioned that aren't Computer Geeky but aren't ''too'' verbose for being Lexicographer Geeky. I of course welcome clarifications, corrections, etc. I thought I put enough in to not need Wiktionary/other external referencing, but that's still the most obvious enhancement (without increasing pure text content). Have at it, then, my fellow XplainKCDers! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.49|141.101.99.49]] 19:11, 24 January 2021 (UTC) | | Added a Table section, from scratch. It may copy or restate things said in the main Explanation (which needs a lot of subediting down, IMO) but I think adds many things not already mentioned that aren't Computer Geeky but aren't ''too'' verbose for being Lexicographer Geeky. I of course welcome clarifications, corrections, etc. I thought I put enough in to not need Wiktionary/other external referencing, but that's still the most obvious enhancement (without increasing pure text content). Have at it, then, my fellow XplainKCDers! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.49|141.101.99.49]] 19:11, 24 January 2021 (UTC) |
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− | Is there a category that would include this and https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2228:_Machine_Learning_Captcha? SDT [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.59|162.158.74.59]] 02:04, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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− | I understand the malware box that offers to install a "helper" tool. But is there any special significance to the "DELAY" box and the "AVOW" box? Both of these have more prominent borders than the rest. [[User:Tenbob|Tenbob]] ([[User talk:Tenbob|talk]]) 11:48, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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− | :I was under the impression that they were a cutout of a larger window, similar to captcha usage of snips of a picture file. This is most likely intentionally a "feature" additionally added to give some credibility to the actual clickbait.[[User:OhFFS|OhFFS]] ([[User talk:OhFFS|talk]]) 17:53, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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− | This entire comic ignores a simple fact of basic web page construction, specifically, that the action performed is separate from the label on the screen. So the button labeled "Deny" could be linked to the action to allow. In fact, it could be programmed that clicking anywhere in the entire picture could trigger a download. So if someone were behaving maliciously, they would not have have to hide an "Allow" button and trick people to click it. The entire page could be a "button" that when clicked would trigger a download. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 18:50, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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− | :I thought the concept was rather to obscure the fact that part of what's displayed is NOT the webpage, but the OS security dialog.
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− | Comic with a similar concept: https://xkcd.com/565/ (Security Question)
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− | I don't personally want to just revert the drastic mass-deletion edit https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2415:_Allow_Captcha&diff=205299&oldid=205298 but I actually think the removed text was a good observation. Strings that are "valid verbs, prepended by an 'A'" is one (odd but consistent with xkcd) interpretation of the instruction. Hasn't anyone seen {{w|Only Connect}}/similar? Perhaps it should be given its own para in the Explanation (one more won't hurt)..? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.73|172.69.54.73]] 00:22, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
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