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Captchas were meant to keep spammers at bay. Unfortunately, that's no longer the case. Thanks to "cloud technology" like DeathByCaptcha - that is, people in cou
by mrsaint 12y ago
Captchas were meant to keep spammers at bay. Unfortunately, that's no longer the case. Thanks to "cloud technology" like DeathByCaptcha - that is, people in countries where labor is cheap solving captchas all day - spammers have no problem getting through reCaptcha-protected sites and forums to do their mischief.
As a result, reCaptcha & co tend to be more of an annoyance to honest visitors than to spammers.
- Kequc 12y agoSounds like a bigger annoyance to spammers. I don't have to go out and enlist a captcha solving team in nigeria.
- t0lk 12y agoI have a mediawiki wiki and let me tell you there are tons of old spam bots out in the wild, ones that would fail at the presence of any captcha. Come to think of it, I've experienced most generations of spam bots since I started. With no protection I'd get spam links/registrations every day. With a simple question like 2+2=? I'd get one every 3-4 days or once a week and with reCaptcha I'd get them a little less frequently. I had to switch away from reCaptcha a few years back however when it appeared to no longer prevent spam (people are paid to solve them all day, etc).