Jetpack: Sharing: switch from reCAPTCHA v2 to invisible reCAPTCHA

[jeherve]

The email sharing button includes an option to protect the email form with reCAPTCHA:
https://jetpack.com/support/sharing/#captcha

In #2152, we updated that form to use reCAPTCHA v2.

Since Google now offers a new version of reCAPTCHA, dubbed invisible reCAPTCHA, we could switch to this new API:

• https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/invisible

Related #448

[lancewillett]

Can you add a bit more of the "why"? Is it faster, more secure, or otherwise a better user experience?

[jeherve]

It's a much better user experience, because the form is not shown to real readers most of the time:
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/invisible.html

It only appears when reCAPTCHA has doubts.

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[snapalot]

We're using reCAPTCHA v2 with Jetpack's share via email. We have received feedback that people with vision apairments have trouble seeing enough detail on the photos that Google present, like "click on all the images with shopfronts" etc. Switching to the invisible reCAPTCHA would solve this issue.

[imwithsam]

Would love to see compatibility with reCAPTCHA v3 as well!

https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3

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[atari2003]

This would be an extremely helpful feature to streamline the user experience on the WordPress sites by using ReCaptcha v3. Users are focused on interacting and consuming the content and if we already have the data that they are authenticated users (2FA, commenting logins, etc.) then we should be able to validate they are legit users and use ReCaptcha v3. Also, the majority of our users are on mobile devices and the ReCaptcha v2 experience on mobile is not the best.

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