#27409: improve captcha used by trac ----------------------------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: cypherpunks3 | Owner: qbi Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Internal Services/Service - trac | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: cypherpunks, captcha, spam | Actual Points: Parent ID: #26752 | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: ----------------------------------------------+---------------------
Comment (by cypherpunks3): Replying to [comment:4 qbi]: > I changed the CAPTCHA to `ImageCaptcha` and will see how this evolves. > > A problem I see with the cypherpunks account is not necessarily related to CAPTCHAs. If we lift the restrictions the cypherpunks account can do all sort of bad stuff. Well yeah, but 'anonymity can be used for bad' was always true, but the account existed anyway. It was useable until extremely recently, and the project managed to survive for years until what was possibly a single spammer noticed they could trivially solve the ExpressionCaptcha. > So personally I'd like to see what happens. But if someone goes berzerk again, there need to be restrictions again. The restrictions that are still in place right now? Is there a plan to lift any of them at all to try the new captcha? It looks like cypherpunks can't even edit trac wiki pages, which is an even more recently added restriction. Let alone reply to or file trac tickets. Why were there no trac tickets filed for making these changes that were judged necessary to fix the vandal problem, anyway? It's not even clear when the changes happened, and there was no explanation for why they happened anywhere but on the mailing list, well after they had been done, and only in reply to someone asking about undoing them. (Meanwhile the more recent wiki restriction has no explanation at all anywhere.) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/27409#comment:5> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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