I don't know if it was apocryphal but the story that went around was miscreants just ran porn sites and would forward the captcha (or similar) to anyone trying to access their porn site who would solve it and the solution would be forwarded and, in.
On July 1, 2025 at 15:04 [email protected] (Michael Thomas via NANOG) wrote: > > On 7/1/25 2:43 PM, Rich Kulawiec via NANOG wrote: > > and 2023: > > > > AI bots are better than humans at solving CAPTCHA puzzles > > > > https://qz.com/ai-bots-recaptcha-turing-test-websites-authenticity-1850734350 > > > > [2307.12108] An Empirical Study & Evaluation of Modern CAPTCHAs > > https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12108 > > > All I have to say on this subject is that there is a certain indignity > in needing to put on my fricking reading glasses to solve them. Where > can I get this AI? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JAHODY5AS66P6KYUORIVYLXHYTDORPT2/ -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LSXADSQG5DDWQ6WP4NVHU42K7RZVG3IM/
