The spam problem has a technical solution. The keyword is innovation.
The programs that recognize CAPTCHAs could be defeated for example by using evolutionary CAPTCHA described here http://network-security-research.blogspot.com/2008/08/around-captcha.html
Malicious human CAPTCHAs recognitions could be defeated as well. And perhaps such approaches will appear in a short period of time;-)
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The spam problem has a technical solution. The keyword is innovation. The programs that recognize CAPTCHAs could be defeated for example by using evolutionary CAPTCHA described here http://network-security-research.blogspot.com/2008/08/around-captcha.html Malicious human CAPTCHAs recognitions could be defeated as well. And perhaps such approaches will appear in a short period of time ;-)