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Dumbest CAPTCHA ever. It's a math problem - which computers are great at - in highly readable text; which they're pretty good at. I expect someone talented co
by cynoclast 16y ago
Dumbest CAPTCHA ever.
It's a math problem - which computers are great at - in highly readable text; which they're pretty good at. I expect someone talented could break it in an automated fashion in a day or less.
I don't know why they don't just throw up an fairly large image of a bunch of animals, then say "Click the cutest kitten" or something that's purely subjective, and relies on human recognition abilities rather than computational ones. Maybe two of those in succession in case a computer gets lucky? Using the same method recaptcha does. Show two images, one with a known heat-map of clicks showing where people think the kitten is, to test them, and another one for them to develop the map on the new picture for future tests.
- nostromo 16y agoHmmm, perhaps this is the first of many in a dystopian future of human CAPTCHAs... "Please solve this equation in 200ms or less. Sorry, no humans allowed."
- Natsu 16y agoActually, that's a fascinating idea that could be put to a different purpose. Spambots try to spew spam as quickly as possible, right? I wonder how effective it would be to flag those who fill out the signup forms too quickly as likely spammers and check up on them or impose extra limitations until they had been using their account for a while without spamming?