[wp-hackers] authimage

C. Rummel rummel at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 07:25:27 UTC 2004


On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:26:20 -0500, inforequest
<ai6bois02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > I very much doubt this will ever make it into the core... it should
> > stay a plugin.  I also think that any CAPTCHA should be optional for
> > the commenter.  If the CAPTCHA isn't filled in, send the post to
> > moderation.  The CAPTCHA just gives you a way of knowing that the
> > comment is definitely legit.
> 
> Perhaps human-generated, but not necessarily legit. There is still
> significant value in hand-dropped link spam.

Interesting link here: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mori/research/gimpy/

Automatic recognition of CAPTCHAs with a 92% rate makes CAPTCHAs
pretty much useless, I'm afraid.

Chris
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C. Rummel
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