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You know how iPhones can extract verification codes from SMS? The botmasters will simply create a regex to extract the number and reply accordingly.
by mrtksn 5y ago
You know how iPhones can extract verification codes from SMS? The botmasters will simply create a regex to extract the number and reply accordingly.
- PKop 5y agoJust use a captcha image. Not foolproof, but would eliminate a huge swath of bots. They don't even try this. Why?
- mrtksn 5y agoThen they will simply solve the captchas using captcha solvers or humans paid pennies per captcha. You do something else and the botmasters will respond. It's really hard to get rid of bots and fake accounts. Also, false positives are expensive because you end up annoying a real human and as a result your mistake doesn't disappear until you make it right.
- daenz 5y agoThe cat and mouse game of bots vs captchas has been going on for a long time and has become increasingly sophisticated. "Just use a captcha image" is a 10 year old solution, if not more.
- zarzavat 5y agoHow would they know to write that code if they were not expecting it? Just do it as a one-off on a particular day without any warning. And you can show it to some small sample % of total users then extrapolate, so that the average botmaster wouldn’t even notice.