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>Imagine that job. I don't believe it's a job. Isn't this the thing where captchas on target sites are simply mirrored on other sites like sketchy filehosts?
by notatoad 9y ago
>Imagine that job.
I don't believe it's a job. Isn't this the thing where captchas on target sites are simply mirrored on other sites like sketchy filehosts? Real human users are solving captchas to access some content hosted by this service, and the solution they enter is passed through to the target site.
- skgoa 9y agoYes, exactly this is the case.
- exikyut 9y agoCould you give me some pointers/hints (or even specific examples) where I'd find this in use? I ask because IIRC I've never seen ReCaptcha be used on file hosting sites. (I don't think so, at least. There might be one...)
- nnfy 9y agoAs scummy as it is, you have to admire the ingenuity. That is a damn clever solution.
- stepik777 9y agoThat's also how Google self-driving cars work. When they don't understand what they are seeing they just show pictures to some random person in Google captcha who solves it quickly.
- lsmod 9y agoActually, you can make money by solving captchas. https://2captcha.com/make-money-online https://2captcha.com/make-money-online
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- exikyut 9y agoOkay, __wow__. I'm impressed. I thought they were being farmed out to people in 3rd world countries to solve.
- rodorgas 9y agoI believe it is a job. There are simply too much volume to be satisfied by the inconstant traffic on filehosts. Also, they have overload and lower response times on public holidays in India. If they are using filehosts, how would they verify captcha is correct? They can double check but it will lower their capacity and solve times.