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Building an easily-automated registration system that's "not for spammers" is like building a back door into an encryption scheme that's "not for foreign state-
by na85 12y ago
Building an easily-automated registration system that's "not for spammers" is like building a back door into an encryption scheme that's "not for foreign state-sponsored hackers".
- signaler 12y agoAutomation is a small part of the system and not the main concern. The main concern is making the experience of surfing the web less harrowing for surfers and to make it more smooth. There are many walled garden sites arbitrarily locking away information and that is counter intuitive to what the web is about, which is free access to information. In the true nature of the web, there would be mechanisms in place to unlock information, like a web browser is expected to unlock information. People's use of fake useragents that spoof a Googlebot to access Quora being a perfect example.
- nitrogen 12y ago"Small parts" that are "not the main concern" are often very juicy targets for attackers.