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Verifying humans is a solved problem.
by matchbok 8y ago
Verifying humans is a solved problem.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoPlease fill us in.
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoI share your skepticism. CAPTCHAs are at best a game of cat-and-mouse, and are always open to relay attacks anyway. You can still verify in-person, and even check documents, but no web company would even consider doing that, even for something like an optional 'fully verified account' tag.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoEven something like checking a phone number just means that you're limiting the number of legitimate "bots" or alternate accounts people can have.
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoIndeed, that's a good way to raise the bar. For small websites, even a completely trivial email check is enough to keep out most spammers.
- astrodust 8y agoYeah, that sounds practical for every start-up that needs to do human validation.
- andygates 8y agoEven assuming this is so, what's to prevent BotCo from hiring some humans to click through the process for each bot account?
- astrodust 8y agoNot really. You come up with a method and someone will come up with a way of factory-farming their way around it.