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Defeating Captcha

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the security-through-irritation dept.

An anonymous reader pointed us at PWNtcha, a package that breaks various on-line captcha algorithms. The site provides numerous examples of easy (Paypal, and an older version of Slashdot make the list) and hard Captcha. It also links various sources explaining why Captcha is a bad idea.

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  1. Dear Fat Bas^H^H^H^H^H^H^HCmdrTaco by thenerdgod · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Thank you for the link to 'what Captcha is'. I'm glad you and the AC know.

    Why do we even have editors? Why not just have slashblog, where every anonymous user just posts "ZOMFG, HAXZ)R TEH PL4NETtt!!" links.

  2. Re:What Captcha is... by DennisZeMenace · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and also cuts off idiot americans that don't even know where Belgium is located...

    -dzm