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Re: [Full-disclosure] Inside India’s CAPTCHA Solving Economy

From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists_at_nospam>
Date: Sat Aug 30 2008 - 21:35:23 GMT
To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk

--On August 30, 2008 1:57:32 PM -0700 coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Dancho Danchev
> <dancho.danchev@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ... Indian workers breaking MySpace and Google
>> CAPTCHAs,
>
> OH MY GOD SIR
>
> someone should make this illegal!!!
>
> (then CAPTCHA would be secure...)
>
>
> *cough*
>

If nothing else, CAPTCHA is increasing the bad guys' costs of doing business, and that's a good thing.

Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already
obvious, my opinions are my own
and not those of my employer.

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