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Well, CAPTCHA is more like locking your store and then asking your customers to pick the lock.

• cbg0 5y ago
  You're comparing solving a typically simple puzzle with breaking and entering.
  • wink 5y ago
    You're saying that but in ~2007 I wanted to sign up to Steam and simply gave up after like 10 failed Captchas. I think I made my account around 3 years later.
  • mnd999 5y ago
    Breaking and entering is not particularly difficult, in fact it's probably easier than a lot of CAPTCHAs. The reason people inclined to do illegal / immoral things don't do it is the likelihood of getting caught and the consequences therein. Of course most people aren't spammers or burglars so in most cases it doesn't matter.
    • gpderetta 5y ago
      The Lockpicking Lawyer should publish videos comparing times to break a locks vs solving captchas :)
      • mnd999 5y ago
        The way he does it (non-destructive, undetectable) is extremely difficult though. I was assuming most people would go for sledgehammer / crowbar / bolt cutters.
• thinkindie 5y ago
  I think CAPTCHAs are more fitting the analogy of metal detectors at banks or sensitive places.
  • gpderetta 5y ago
    It is a good analogy. On the other hand, it would be quite jarring if I had to go through a metal detector just to buy groceries. On the third hand, I understand US schools have metal detectors these days, and in Beijing I had to go through a metal detector to hop on the metro, so what do I know...