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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by segfaultbuserr on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:23AM (#25229957)
Search is restricted because it's an expensive operation and prone to abuse. This practice is not just found at Stack Exchange, now GitHub doesn't even display the full code search result to visitors. The only option is to log in (if you are already an established SE/GitHub user and doesn't mind the web tracking)...
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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by ric2b on Sunday November 29, 2020 @02:34PM (#25247393)
Even if search is expensive you can just rate limit it, a captcha is a dumb solution.
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