Re:Automatically Solving Captchas on Project Euler
by voltagex_ on Monday August 25, 2014 @03:14AM
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What are some good alternatives?
Re:Automatically Solving Captchas on Project Euler
by joelthelion on Monday August 25, 2014 @08:02AM
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Given that Google still uses text-based captchas in 2014, I think we can safely conclude that they are still state-of-the art. Of course Google's captchas are a little harder to defeat than these ones :)
Re:Automatically Solving Captchas on Project Euler
by dlss on Monday August 25, 2014 @08:31AM
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1. ReCAPTCHA does a lot more than Project Euler's captchas... or to put it another way, the "Zero day" you're talking about would be worthless vs ReCAPTCHA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA#Security
2. Google requires a verified cell phone number for most of their services at this point, with the captha basically being a way to avoid spamming text messages
"Given that people still drive cars in 2014, I think we can safely conclude that the 1908 Ford Model T is still state-of-the art"
Re:Automatically Solving Captchas on Project Euler
by fantan on Monday August 25, 2014 @09:05AM
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I agree with everything you said but also want to add that recaptchas have been "solved" also. By google themselves actually (http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/16/googles-new-street-view-ima...).
Cars are safer now than they were in 1908 but are still one of leading cause of death. But it's the best we've got for now.
Any site using captchas for anti-bot security is already broken. There are plenty of web services to solve captchas for fractions of pennies.
Don't use captchas. Text-based captchas have been broken since 2010 at least.