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Will Solve Captcha for Money?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i've-done-worse-for-less dept.

alx_lo writes "Captchas are a nice idea to protect your blog or guestbook from being spammed by robots. But what good is this protection when you can hire "data entry specialists" to solve captchas for $0.60 per hour for 50 hours a week? Anyone here who can think up a solution that does not include drastically changing the global economy? How about captchas that require cultural background knowledge to solve?"

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  1. SweatShopSoftware.com by osgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    My team of fine Southeast Asian workers will remove spam from your web site/bulletin board/blog for a low low price of $.60 US/hour.

    Incidentally, for those of you in the market to advertise your wares: My team of fine Southeast Asian workers will circumvent those inconvenient captchas on web sites/bulletin boards/blogs for a low low price of $.60 US/hour.

    Here at SweatShopSoftware.com, we have a solution to every problem.

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    Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
  2. Re:no good solution for now by hc5duke · · Score: 5, Funny
    How about a mathematical Captcha that cannot be solved with a calculator. Well educated foreigners will not even work for $.60. Then again, how many Americans could solve these.

    Thank you for signing up with Blogger! Before you continue, please prove P=NP.

  3. Re:no good solution for now by mgblst · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is the square root of 2 then? And no approximate answers.

  4. Re:refundable micropayments. by Scurra+UK · · Score: 5, Funny

    So posting my 2 cents now costs $1? Guess that's inflation for you...

  5. Re: no good solution for now by Gospodin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait... I've got it!

    To prevent inexpensive foreign labor from solving CAPTCHAs, simply ask easy math and science questions... but only only provide access for wrong answers. This should let most Americans through.

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    ...following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat...