I personally don't care for CAPTCHA but it exists for a reason. If anyone can suggest a better solution I would love to here it. Right now Mailman is being exploited to email bomb individuals and DOS email systems. This cannot continue.
Gary Kalbfleisch Sent from my iPod On Oct 22, 2012, at 6:08 PM, "Brad Knowles" <b...@shub-internet.org> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <turnb...@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> > wrote: > >> I'm dubious about the net value of CAPTCHAs. Personally, I generally >> take a CAPTCHA as a "NO TRESPASSING -- THIS MEANS YOU!" sign, and >> don't go back. > > CAPTCHAs are already at the point where advanced code can apply statistical > methods and solve them faster and better than many humans. > > Moreover, they have been problematic for a long time -- see > <http://www.tkachenko.com/blog/archives/000537.html>, > <http://ezinearticles.com/?Captchas-Considered-Harmful---Why-Captchas-Are-Bad-And-How-You-Can-Do-Better&id=1104207>, > and > <http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/04/in-search-of-the-perfect-captcha/>, > among others. > > > IMO, CAPTCHAs have already jumped the shark. > > -- > Brad Knowles <b...@shub-internet.org> > LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
