Just wait.. the technology behind IBM's Watson will end up in the hands of spammers and then there'll be no stopping the spam ;-)
--- On Thu, 3/10/11, Dan Kohn <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dan Kohn <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Spam account creation, circumventing recaptcha > To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 10:10 AM > Sol, I'd like to confirm your > analysis. I switched from ReCaptcha to > QuestyCaptcha with a custom question > <http://www.pwsnotes.org/Special:RecentChanges?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Special:RecentChanges> > and have seen no further spam. > > So, it looks like someone has programmed a > MediaWiki/ConfirmEdit-focused spambot that can defeat > SimpleCatcha > (simple math problems) and -- shockingly -- > ReCaptcha. But not that > they're using human beings to do the spamming. So, > QuestyCaptcha, for > now, still works well. > -- > Dan Kohn <mailto:[email protected]> > tel:+1-646-833-8291 > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Sol Invictus <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't think that's the case; my logs show pretty > much instant data > > entry. They must have found some way to break the > service itself. I > > switched to Questy with some simple things like "type > the word X" or > > "sum(2,3)" and it seems to be blocking them all so > far. > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Dan Kohn <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> My www.PWSNotes.org MediaWiki site, which I've > operated since 2004, > >> has been overrun with spam in the last month. I > used Nuke to clean it > >> up. Unfortunately, neither ConfirmEdit with > ReCaptcha nor > >> SpamBlacklist is stopping the spammers. I > interpret this as meaning > >> that real people are doing the spamming. I just > installed > >> ConfirmAccount, which I expect should bring the > spam to an end, at the > >> unfortunate cost of making it harder for new > people to contribute to > >> our community. > >> > >> Bummer. > >> -- > >> Dan Kohn <mailto:[email protected]> > >> tel:+1-646-833-8291 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
