[Metalab] Wiki Gardening

Peter Kuhm peter at null.priv.at
Wed Jan 16 02:42:29 CET 2013


On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:03:32 +0100 overflo wrote:

>  > If there are enough combinations to make it hard for bots, it becomes 
> hard for humans, too. hp
> 
> you are right there.

captcha's are often solved by humans in sweatshops
the process aroud may be machine assisted.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/01/virtual-sweatshops-defeat-bot-or-not-tests/

> i asked at raumzeitlabor where they got their cool time captcha from but 
> got no reply yet..
> lets see..

the Raumzeitlabor solution

| Wenn es nachts Fünf nach halb Drei ist, 
| was steht dann auf einer Digitaluhr [HH:MM]?

works because you need to understand German (not nice for Metalab)
- OTOH it's easy meat if the sites that are using it are seen as
lucrative targets.

cu,
Peter




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