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Select All Squares is a series of images mocking Google's CAPTCHA software which instructs users to "select all squares" that match a certain label.

Origin

On October 1st, 2015, a post about the "images with street signs" CAPTCHA was posted to Stackexchange,^[1] claiming they were "impossible to solve."

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On June 21st, 2016, the Savage memes for savage teens Facebook^[3] page posted a photograph of Caitlyn Jenner embracing her daughter Kendall Jenner with the instructions to "select all square with females" (shown below, left). On July 25th, Redditor staplednipples submitted a photograph of an American flag with the caption "Select all squares with street signs" to /r/facepalm^[2] (shown below, right).

Select all squares with females Verify Report a problem

Select all squares with street signs Verify Report a problem

On August 15th, Redditor Akes. On September 4th, the 4chong page that actually posts stuff from halfchan^[4] Facebook page featured a picture of an envelope with instructions to "Select all squares with street signs" (shown below, left). On September 25th, FunnyJunk^[7] user infinitereaper submitted a street sign CAPTCHA titled "well fuck you too" (shown below, right).

Select all squares with street signs F anta ST ys Anonyr like the masturb she is d 4chan Pa Choose ules and ters in this n Banner ceptance oard add VERIFY J-LI Report a problem r the 4c

Select all squares with street signs. dam VERIFY Report a problem

On February 14th, 2017, Twitter user @lachrob^[5] tweeted at "Google":, jokingly asking them what kind of artificial intelligence he was helping them "train" (shown below, left).^[5] In response, Twitter user @xpirabit replied with a photoshop of the character Sarah Connor from the 1991 science fiction film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (shown below, right).^[6]

Rob Lach @lachrob L-Follow ﹀ Hey @Google, exactly what kind of Al am l helping you guys train with this? Select all squares that match the label: helicopter. If there are none, click skip SKIP RETWEETS LIKES 焘腱舉涵(EIEt g 4,9937,800

Rob Lach lachrob 와 Follow Hey @Google, exactly what kind of Al am I helping you guys train with this? Select all squares that match the label: Sarah Connor. If there are none, click skip. SKIP RETWEETS LIKES 星λ▲屩貫喬齒 nuxi 3,9036,393 3:28 AM-15 Feb 2017 わ106 3.9K 6.4K

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External References

^[1] Stackexchange – Images with street signs CAPTCHA impossible to solve

^[2] Reddit – reCAPTCHA somethings not right

^[3] Facebook – Savage memes for savage teens

^[4] Facebook – 4chong page

^[5] Twitter – @lachrob

^[6] Twitter – @xpirabit

^[7] FunnyJunk – well fuck you too

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