[wp-hackers] Anti spam idea

[C. Rummel]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:52:44 -0500, Mark Jaquith
<mark.wordpress at txfx.net> wrote:
>  Not only does it only get called once a comment has been submitted... it is
> only called if that comment goes to moderation.  Generating the CAPTCHA
> doesn't take up significant system resources, and in any case, it isn't
> called for every comment.

Sure thing, this doesn't apply to everybody.
  
>  I've seen that site with the proof of concept OCR thing... but I've not yet
> seen a spammer in posession of such software.  Remember, this is like in
> real life... stick up a fake video camera outside your house, and robbers
> will move on to an easier target.

Right, kind of like a scarecrow. The OCR-thing is only a proof of
concept. Spammers
testing for the existance of Kitty's scripts is proof enough that
spammers adapt to
countermeasures, at least they give up until they have developed
something better.

Chris