Why the CAPTCHA Approach Is Doomed

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 8, 2009 @07:33AM from the how-do-you-feel-about-are-you-a-human dept.

TechnoBabble Pro writes "The CAPTCHA idea sounds simple: prevent bots from massively abusing a website (e.g. to get many email or social network accounts, and send spam), by giving users a test which is easy for humans, but impossible for computers. Is there really such a thing as a well-balanced CAPTCHA, easy on human eyes, but tough on bots? TechnoBabble Pro has a piece on 3 CAPTCHA gotchas which show why any puzzle which isn't a nuisance to legitimate users, won't be much hindrance to abusers, either. It looks like we need a different approach to stop the bots."

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Re:8==C=A=P=T=C=H=A==D by RemoWilliams84 · 2009-04-08 07:44 · Score: 5, Interesting

This troll actually gave me an idea. Why not ascii art?
Give an ascii art picture and asc the user to tell what it is.
In this case cock would let you through.

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Re:So what next? by Ralph+Spoilsport · 2009-04-08 07:57 · Score: 5, Interesting

Making people pay for posts. Making people pay for email. That will stop spam dead in its tracks.
Now, I didn't say you'd LIKE what 's next...
RS

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