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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. ATTENTION MODS by radishes · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just because the post begins with the word "Interesting" does not mean that you have to mod it interesting. Especially when it isn't.

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  2. Re:What Captcha is... by name773 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    never talk about any country's politics unless you want to bash them

    political hogwash is such a dreary affair...