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Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? by JohnFen on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:14PM (#19158089)
Or they could just use one of the many free CAPTCHA applications that are around.
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Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? by hombre_fatal on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @07:13PM (#19158468)
Off the shelf spam software like Xrumer[0] has been cracking those captchas for 10+ years.

Recaptcha isn't obnoxious for fun, it's obnoxious because this is the state of the arms race right now. There's also the challenge of creating a captcha that allows blind people in.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRumer

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