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There is another option to avoid these attacks altogether but it comes with a major caveat.

Unfortunately, this will break many of the websites you regularly visit.

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However, as this will seriously impact usability across the web, I wouldnt recommend it.

An example of a instruction list that pops up when trying to compete a CAPTCHA on a malicious site

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