Re: [tlug] CAPTCHA on keitai

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 18/03/2008, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> But I believe that's not the way the economics works.

How would you know!? ;-P

>  breaking CAPTCHAs can be done with COTS now.  (Here the "C" stands
>  for "common" not "commercial".)  So the only question is when will a
>  reasonably powerful script become available to all wiki spammer wannabes.

Sure, but variations in the implementation technique can make the
CAPTCHA bot miss, and by keeping a low profile with your home-brew
implementation of a proven technique (which has been broken, but took
awhile), you can probably stay out of the arms race for a good while.

That's all it's about: buying enough time.

-- 
Cheers,
Josh