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Re:Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA by elliottcarlson on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @02:57PM (#1891591)
That's not the issue - as soon as you make a list of questions available for the world, all it takes is one spammer to create a matching list of answers and they can go to town. By providing that list of answers as open source you are making it easier for someone to create the counter part answer database.
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Re:Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA by nodata on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @03:07PM (#1891624)
http://xkcd.com/810/
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Re:Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA by eru on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @05:58PM (#1892106)
http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1395792545/constructive
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Re:Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA by archgoon on Thursday November 11, 2010 @10:48AM (#1894133)
Captchas are not restricted to reddit and social news site, despite what your link claims.
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Re:Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA by eru on Thursday November 11, 2010 @12:52PM (#1894582)
Oh, that was just to make fun of xkcd. I don't think xkcd links are really that good an addition to a discussion here.
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Re:Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA by joelvh on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @03:02PM (#1891609)
Exactly!
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