Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by rapnie on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:21PM
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Isn't there a good OSS alternative for ReCaptcha?
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Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by dfabulich on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:27PM
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Captchas inherently require some security by obscurity; they're not a good fit for OSS solutions.
Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by mcv on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:23AM
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I'm doubtful about any good solution for having computers decide whether we are sufficiently human.
Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by speedplane on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:27AM
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> I'm doubtful about any good solution for having computers decide whether we are sufficiently human.
Two questions: - Couldn't a computer just temporarily hire a human to prove there is a human involved? - Why are we using recaptcha or verifying humanity anyway? I understand stopping spam, scams, and fraud, but scraping already public data doesn't present significant harm.
Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by mcv on Thursday February 14, 2019 @07:11AM
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Yeah, it shouldn't be used to limit public data. The main use is to prevent spammers from spamming fora or registering thousands of throwaway email addresses.
Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by ummonk on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:46PM
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The Turing test. Have one of your ops chat with them to see if they’re a bot.