Re:Why Captchas have gotten so difficult
by mcv on Monday February 04, 2019 @05:58AM
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> I think people realize that, but is it much worse than proof of work that is helpful to nobody?
It pollutes the original intention with a different goal. Is the goal to easily distinguish between bots and humans, or is the goal to trick people into doing free classification work for Google? Different intentions lead to different incentives which may lead to different results.
It pollutes the original intention with a different goal. Is the goal to easily distinguish between bots and humans, or is the goal to trick people into doing free classification work for Google? Different intentions lead to different incentives which may lead to different results.