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Re:Blocking via an Unsolvable CAPTCHA by paulgb on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:31PM (#16164985)
> maybe by patenting it, we won't see that solution used in many products from other companies

My favorite in this genre is IBM's patent on patent trolling: https://www.google.com/patents/US20070244837

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Re:Blocking via an Unsolvable CAPTCHA by chx on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @12:04AM (#16165617)
Then why they didn't weaponize it against patent trolls?
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Re:Blocking via an Unsolvable CAPTCHA by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @05:46AM (#16166918)
Maybe they license it out!
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Re:Blocking via an Unsolvable CAPTCHA by chopin on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:15AM (#16166316)
Maybe they don't get targeted?
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Re:Blocking via an Unsolvable CAPTCHA by chrismorgan on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @02:06AM (#16166055)
Huh, they even had the guts to put “troll” in the document four times.
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