On 9/17/10 3:50 AM, Danny Angus wrote:
Hi All,
Thought you may like to know (unless I'm the last one to cotton on!)
that a scenario we've theorised about for years is finally here.
I found the link below to a service that will decode captcha's for you
for $2 per success. It was in an add served me by gmail!
You're probably paying too much! :)
So to anyone who ever proposed a spam "solution" that relied on
differentiating between people and machines, and doubted us when we
told them that the commercial imperative would be its downfall.. We
told you so!
I predict much more of this, and I think it presages the end of the
useful life of the captcha.
As with everything economic, it depends on costs and benefits. If the
service you're running isn't worth the $2 a captcha cost of decoding,
then perhaps you're OK for now.
Peter
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Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/
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