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Following the crypto analogy, reCAPTCHA is approaching the effectiveness of a Beaufort cipher. The reCAPTCHA tool has been broken. Various of the botnets will
by Hoff 16y ago
Following the crypto analogy, reCAPTCHA is approaching the effectiveness of a Beaufort cipher. The reCAPTCHA tool has been broken.
Various of the botnets will sail right past reCAPTCHA.
And yes, the choice here and the options here stink.
Nobody wants a CAPTCHA.
But the alternative is becoming part of the collateral damage of the arms race seeking to fill Google with cruft.
Or shutting off all comments.
Or escalating the arms race with subnet firewall blocks, content and email address filtering, reactive security, moderation or (if you have the appropriate audience for it) crowd-sourcing.
- ZoFreX 16y agoThis is true, I was struggling to think of an option that doesn't cost money (Mollom) or require a lot of effort (crowd-sourcing a la HN or Reddit). Is reCAPTCHA better than nothing, or entirely worthless?
- Hoff 16y agoWhen it comes to CAPTCHA... Effective, Cheap, or Simple... Pick any two... As for your question, I switched from reCAPTCHA over to a different scheme, though I might test with reCAPTCHA with different settings again in a few months.
- ZoFreX 16y agoI'm about to roll out a site using Mollom for the first time, will be interesting to see how well it works.