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Someone mentioned about using proof of work as an alternative to capthca. Sounds interesting, but will this actually effective in real world? I assume even sele
by neurostimulant 5y ago
Someone mentioned about using proof of work as an alternative to capthca. Sounds interesting, but will this actually effective in real world? I assume even selenium can pass it without a problem because all it did was making the client busy for a little while, so will it actually effective at reducing brute force rate? Also, do botnet operators have capability to deploy selenium-based workload to their botnet army?
- efficax 5y agoproof of work originated to stop spam. But it’s a question of cost. If it costs less to bypass bot detection than the money made by the bot activity, then they’ll do it, whether captcha farms or doing proof of work calculations.