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Many bots are likely still powered under the hood by humans. On my backlog of projects to do is to make a browser extension that solves the more obnoxious capt
by boneitis 6y ago
Many bots are likely still powered under the hood by humans.
On my backlog of projects to do is to make a browser extension that solves the more obnoxious captchas for me, as I'm regularly behind vpn and fall into ridiculously long solve loops.
On the most popular api i could find, $10 buys you a shockingly LOT of solves (not that I've tested it yet). It is automatable but ultimately still powered by humans.
- dannyw 6y agoIt’s incredibly sad how the open web is being destroyed by google’s recaptcha.
- boneitis 6y agoI'm totally in that camp of opinion, although I'll acknowledge the escalating abuses carried out by both "sides." In the meantime, i hope to have the savviness to program my own way out of unsolvable captchas.
- nerdkid93 6y agoI'd argue that it's equally sad to see the open web get destroyed by massive DDoS attacks and malicious actors. How would you keep your own website up if it was constantly being attacked?
- Kalium 6y agoWithout google's recaptcha, do you think there would be less spam? Personally, I suspect there would be more without at least some speed bumps to raise the cost of spamming. I would absolutely love for there to be better options than recaptcha that meets the same needs around bot-detection, price, implementation effort, and accessibility. It is, sadly, the best option I've seen on offer. You're right. The scenario we're in is incredibly sad. It would be wonderful if the individual actors involved had better options to meet their needs.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoYou're barking up the wrong tree. Bad actors create abuse and spam which they can do because of fundamental weaknesses in the design of the internet. People trying to solve that reality with Recaptcha (and Cloudflare for that matter) aren't the ones destroying the internet.
- boneitis 6y agoI don't think it's so much the wrong tree as it is but one tree in a forest to be barking up. All the maturely developed bot filters frequently throw me in an endless battery of tests that have me giving up in frustration before finally making it through to content I'm requesting. > aren't the ones destroying the internet IMO they are every bit as much destroying it as the abusers they're claiming to fend off.
- FredFS456 6y agoAlready exists: https://github.com/dessant/buster https://github.com/dessant/buster Edit: on re-read, you meant solving using humans. Buster uses speech-to-text APIs to solve.
- boneitis 6y agoEvery lead to spice(e:solve, lol gboard) my problems is probably worth a peek. I'll take a look, thank you.