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No no I think he might be right, India had a huge underground captcha solving marketat one poiny
by ackbar03 8y ago
No no I think he might be right, India had a huge underground captcha solving marketat one poiny
- umeshunni 8y agoHuh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing_to_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing_t... The BPO industry in India was $7-8B annually in FY06 according to the article employing millions of people. Do you have comparative numbers for the so called "CAPTCHA solving industry"?
- ackbar03 8y agoNothing official but see https://www.zdnet.com/article/inside-indias-captcha-solving-economy/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/inside-indias-captcha-solving-... I guess it's not entirely contradictory as it comes under outsourcing haha.. Also Im involved a bit in making automated captcha systems for.. ahem.. research. I've noticed a lot of the manual service providers in China have already pivoted to data labeling services. Most of them probably already have the workers, infrastructure, and pipeline in place, which is why I think original poster makes a good point