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CAPTCHAs can protect public resources as well. But the main problem here is about preventing generated spam content, not scraping. This can be mitigated by plac
by imiric 2y ago
CAPTCHAs can protect public resources as well. But the main problem here is about preventing generated spam content, not scraping. This can be mitigated by placing CAPTCHAs only on pages with signup/login and comment forms.
- throwaway48476 2y ago>This can be mitigated by placing CAPTCHAs only on signup/login and comment forms. If only... Algorithmic turing test is a more interesting problem. https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/ Traditional captcha solving ability has already been surpassed by the bots which is now why there's so many new and creative different CAPTCHAs. Until someone trains a model to solve them that is.
- imiric 2y agoIt's a never-ending arms race. CAPTCHA services are improving just as the attackers are. Just because they're not 100% accurate or effective doesn't mean they're worthless. They're just the first line of defense.
- pixl97 2y agoJust don't forget the scale doesn't stop at zero. They can be less than worthless and cost you actual humans visiting your site.