From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2008-04-09T22:39:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it possible to stop SPAM?

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Marc Heiler wrote:
|> There is only so much that can be done to prevent spam, short of
|> charging $ per post.
| That would not only reduce spam(mers) but also legit users ;-)
|
| Reminds me of captchas.
| They were implemented to reduce bots posting, but in the end they
| just annoy me... I wasted so many times with captchas that if
| I fail on first try, I leave the site. (Mind you, I am talking
| about captchas with graphics. Some are soooo difficult to solve
| without making an error ... soon we will have more bots solving
| these tests than humans, as bots could reuse "problem
| solving code" to solve that... BORG bot net ;) )

There is talk about a sort of "reversed CAPTCHA".

You provide your info, and log in / perform the action as normal, but
the CAPTCHA is hidden from you.

If it is filled out, you are a bot. :P

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Phillip Gawlowski
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