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photodoctor · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 24

not sure if this is the right place to post,but lately i have been asked to login almost on a daily basis,and i am so annoyed with the last part of it...why do we have to enter those really hard to read letters/symbols whatever you call it!?
it would be sooo nice if we could skip that part!:)

linma · Joined: 23 Jun 2011 Posts: 29

I like to use mobile to get into the SS to read the updating of my account, it's really a disaster to enter the security code:(

hhltdave5 · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:07 am

They most likely are not going to change or stop doing this. I believe they did it to stop the mass uploader programs. I do agree that they could make it easier for us to read by using a different program instead of Captcha where the words are rather easy and plain to read which would still stop the mass uploader programs.

I just don't log out of Shutterstock and that seems to cut down on the signing in all the time. I usually just have to sign in again if I go to my account from another computer I may be using.

photodoctor · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 24

thanks guy for answers,
hey linma,how do you use mobile to get into SS,is there an app?
also,hhltdave5,i never log out either,but for the last few weeks every time i close SS page and reopen it i am asked to log in again,and my eyes are not as good as they use to be...:(

royster · Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 279 Location: England/Greece

I never log out and it used to be ok but now I need to log in every time.It never seems to work on the first attempt either no matter how carefully I enter the words.

photodoctor · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 24

yes please SS just keep us logged in there is nothing to steal from us,but if we do have to log in for whatever reasons,please no more "symbols" to enter...:)

mauijon · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 4282 Location: Maui, Hawaii

It seems like if I am inactive for 6 hours (but still logged on), I have to log in again. This Captcha crap is a terrible thing, anyway, and whomever thought it up should be run out of town on a rail naked--hangin's too good for 'em.

linma · Joined: 23 Jun 2011 Posts: 29

mauijon · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 4282 Location: Maui, Hawaii

Took me six tries today to get in. The stupid captcha letters were about unreadable.

digigandalf · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 5412 Location: Twinsburg, OH

Please, SS, either let us stay logged on or make the Captcha words halfway legible. Those black blobs obscuring the letters are for the birds. Have a heart for your ol' contributors!

royster · Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 279 Location: England/Greece

even when I take great care and get it right it never lets me log in the first time

algol · Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 623

It took me nearly half an hour to login from a different machine yesterday. Nothing was readable. In several cases both words were obscured by black blobs. This is beyond a joke.

luceluceluce · Joined: 10 Dec 2008 Posts: 2616 Location: Aquafun, Minsk

fredf7499 · Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 85

Here the same problem... very annoying.

peteklinger · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:54 pm

Must be an overseas thing, I haven't had to log in for days. Odd how that works?

Only time I get asked again is if I go to a different computer or login from the laptop out of the office.

Then I need to set back to my local IP address when I come back again.

Just guessing that my IP address stays constant at work, so I don't get a new one. The people who are asked over and over, may have an constantly changing IP address.