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Now Google's CAPTCHA Is Broken
steveit_is writes "Yesterday it was reported that Microsoft's revised CAPTCHA had been cracked. Now it's Google's turn. In a move that is sure to surprise no one, the spammers behind 'Xrumer' have announced that they've not only cracked Google's CAPTCHA, but other forms of image verification as well, including 'pick the cat' style CAPTCHA."
"To continue, guess which finger I'm holding up."
I've got all the email addresses I want so lets just consider the internet closed to new entrants. I know it sounds draconian but I think we should build a great big firewall around the internet to stop all these illegal immigrants^H^H^H^H^spammers getting in.
Either that or can we just turn a blind eye while Google DDoSes every server associated with these people into oblivion.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
1. Make the proof for P=NP the new CAPTCHA
2. Wait for crackers to solve it.
3. Profit!!
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
I've had a few 'pick the cat' captchas where I couldn't even identify if the thing was actually supposed to be a cat!
This guy's the limit!
Because they are defrauding Google, Spamming US citizens and generally running a muck. That's what jails for for.
Yeah, jail all those muck-runners! (what is a 'muck'?)
This guy's the limit!
Maybe instead of CAPCHA's sites should start using those math problems from DARPA's really hard math problems since these people seem to be so good at solving complex computational problems.
Being a criminal has excellent hours. And the job interview is easy. You never have to worry about being fired, laid off, etc, and you are responsible for your own paychecks. It's kind of like being a contractor, with the added benefit that you can choose your customers whether your customers are happy about it or not (usually not).
Write your own Choose Your Own Adventure. http://www.freegameengines.org/gamebook-engine/
How about the Death Penalty for anyone who suggests the Death Penalty for anything besided truly heinous crimes? Oh, no, I just ate my tail.
Over-the-top Response Guy! Giving "Over-the-Top Responses" since 1970.
It's baffling that someone with that kind of talent would be working for spammers instead of in a tenured university position.
Why $pammer$ in$tead of $chool? I$ that really your que$tion? $omehow, I think you might have mi$$ed the mo$t obviou$ motivation.
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NO CARRIER
Why should we believe this any more than we believe a cream can add two inches to your penis?
Possible bad example. Shaving cream along with a razor actually can add visible inches to a man's penis by taking pubic hair out of the way.
From TFA:
This time those evil Russian bastards..
That would be why.
What does being born out of wedlock have to do with it?
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Killing people is wrong. Comparing people to pests is something that the Nazis liked to do, with the same intention: to pave the way for killing people.
What if Godwin's Law carried the Death Penalty?
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
What does Microsoft have to do with it?