Comments on: CAPTCHAs: are people smarter than machines? http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/ The most wonderful search engines you've never seen! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Scott Baxter http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/#comment-83409 Scott Baxter Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:04:23 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/#comment-83409 This was very interesting. I've never read about these before, but wondered how they work. We have a small search engine site, and don't use these sorts of things yet. I hope the Captcha originators stay ahead of the spammers. Thanks. Scott Baxter www.tyrols.com (detailed search engine) This was very interesting. I’ve never read about these before, but wondered how they work.

We have a small search engine site, and don’t use these sorts of things yet.

I hope the Captcha originators stay ahead of the spammers.

Thanks.
Scott Baxter
http://www.tyrols.com (detailed search engine)

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]]> By: Mark Cramer http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/#comment-80176 Mark Cramer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:16:28 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/#comment-80176 That's funny. I recently came across http://spamfizzle.com/CAPTCHA.aspx, which is one possible future for CAPTCHAs. That’s funny. I recently came across http://spamfizzle.com/CAPTCHA.aspx, which is one possible future for CAPTCHAs.

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]]> By: Mark Cramer http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/#comment-80148 Mark Cramer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:21:22 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/17/captchas-are-people-smarter-than-machines/#comment-80148 The artificial intelligence must be catching up, because I'm increasingly coming across CAPTCHAs that are difficult for even a HUMAN (i.e. me) to decipher. Some are them are getting so difficult to read that it's ridiculous. Also, Google's Gmail CAPTCHA was, I believe, recently cracked, with Gmail, of all things, being added to spam black lists for a brief period of time. In fact, given that some sites seem to have abandoned CAPTCHAs in favor of questions (I've seen math questions like "17 - 5 = ?" and others like "Is fire hot or cold?"), I'm wondering if AI has won this battle. The artificial intelligence must be catching up, because I’m increasingly coming across CAPTCHAs that are difficult for even a HUMAN (i.e. me) to decipher. Some are them are getting so difficult to read that it’s ridiculous. Also, Google’s Gmail CAPTCHA was, I believe, recently cracked, with Gmail, of all things, being added to spam black lists for a brief period of time. In fact, given that some sites seem to have abandoned CAPTCHAs in favor of questions (I’ve seen math questions like “17 - 5 = ?” and others like “Is fire hot or cold?”), I’m wondering if AI has won this battle.

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