Human Automated Captcha Reader
A quote from the article, "A new way of social engineering" by PandaLabs:
Now, look at yourself, you are a human automated captcha reader. If you type the correct interpretation of the image, you are sending the information necessary to break the protection of the targeted site. This attack could be used to create massive mail accounts, for comment posting…
My blog has recently begun attracting its first comment spam and I found this really interesting. Personally, I've never liked captchas. Apart from being really hard to read they also present accessibility issues. I think I'm going to stick to moderating my comments — at least until I've created a better solution!
Having said that, I'd really like to put some comment spam protection in place for Whird before its first release. It seems only the proper [responsible] thing to do. I can guarantee it will not involve the use of a captcha.
Thanks to Adrian von Bidder for pointing out the PandaLabs article.
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