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Fighting Ad Blockers With Captcha Ads

Posted by samzenpus on from the buy-this dept.

krou writes "Living in an ad-free internet thanks to ad blockers? That could be a thing of the past if software firm NuCaptcha has their way by making captchas into ads. 'Instead of the traditional squiggly word that users have to decipher, the new system shows them a video advert with a short message scrolling across it. The user has to identify and retype part of the message to proceed. Companies including Electronic Arts, Wrigley and Disney have already signed up.'"

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  1. Re:ads don't make you buy stuff... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Also, don't forget that the real word in recaptcha is always "faeces".

    Damn, here at 4chan they told me it was NIGGER.

  2. Re:Why bother? by coucou3000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://www.coco.fr/

  3. Re:Oh do stop complaining by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Give it a rest with the student anti capitalist politics. You sound like a refugee from the 1980s.

  4. you don't want to view ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the website probably is happier that you aren't reading their page.

  5. Re:A sure-fire way to make me HATE your product by B4light · · Score: 0, Troll

    The French are a bunch of furry faggots