Skype account creation may force you to become the Batman to Microsoft’s Riddler

Riddle me this: What’s blue and white and not Microsoft Teams?

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Alright, so Microsoft has two ferries leaving Gotham harbor. One is loaded with Microsoft Teams users, and the other, Skype users. Now, in order to join the Skype users and prevent their boat from capsizing due to an autonomously enlarging hole in the hull of the ship, you’ll need to recreate the Mona Lisa in Microsoft Paint—

This is a long way of saying that Skype is reportedly putting users through a lengthy series of taxing logic problems (“Captchas”) before allowing them the simple privilege of creating an account. If you need a refresher on what a Captcha entails, content creator Dunkey has anexcellent breakdown of the subject.

You can check out Reddit to witness the dogpile of people all lamenting the Herculean task that is setting up a Skype account due tothe Captcha situation. For what it’s worth, when we here at Windows Central took a stab at setting up a Skype account, we only had to deal with a single, easy “find the turtle” Captcha. But that’s not to say the reports are wrong; too many have cited Microsoft’s Riddler gauntlet’s existence. The point is that you may luck out and be exempted from Redmond’s Jigsaw-esque account setup process.

It’s doubtful many foresaw this whenpredicting the future of Skype. We will update this story in the event Microsoft introduces logarithmic equations into the Captcha lineup.

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Robert Carnevale is the News Editor for Windows Central. He’s a big fan of Kinect (it lives on in his heart), Sonic the Hedgehog, and the legendary intersection of those two titans, Sonic Free Riders. He is the author ofCold War 2395. Have a useful tip? Send it to robert.carnevale@futurenet.com.