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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Captcha? Gotcha!

The world of internet spam continues its ugly evolution. Now it's gotten so bad that the spam-catching programs have become too tough for real people to get past, while spam robots are finding their way through. The Times reported on this on Monday in its business section, which proves that there's money in this internet thing. (Can somebody please show me where?)

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Comments (3)

Captcha validation has long been spurned by serious spam fighters. It breaks accessibility, and it doesn't work. There are much better ways to transparently stop spam, such as Bayesian filters.

Posted by Himself | June 13, 2007 11:44 AM

All this time I just thought I needed glasses.

Posted by ace | June 13, 2007 3:58 PM

Jack,

this guy's been around a while and seems to know a lot about "monetizing" blogs. the archives are worth perusing.

Posted by ecohuman.com | June 13, 2007 4:33 PM




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