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Re:Bots, so many bots by throwaway48476 on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @04:35AM (#41718451)
>This can be mitigated by placing CAPTCHAs only on signup/login and comment forms.

If only...

Algorithmic turing test is a more interesting problem. https://xkcd.com/810/

Traditional captcha solving ability has already been surpassed by the bots which is now why there's so many new and creative different CAPTCHAs. Until someone trains a model to solve them that is.

Re:Bots, so many bots by imiric on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @07:13AM (#41719302)
It's a never-ending arms race. CAPTCHA services are improving just as the attackers are. Just because they're not 100% accurate or effective doesn't mean they're worthless. They're just the first line of defense.
Re:Bots, so many bots by pixl97 on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @07:48AM (#41719530)
Just don't forget the scale doesn't stop at zero. They can be less than worthless and cost you actual humans visiting your site.