On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Leslie Carr <[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree that better tools and non captcha based tech are the way to go. > > At a previously very-spammed company, we learned how no matter how > badly you distort the captchas, it doesn't matter, as if it's human > readable, humans can pick out the text. Look how cheap it is to get a > human to do your captchas for the spammers! > http://decaptchablog.com/decaptcher-services > > Technical/social solutions such as helping the community patrol and > catch spam and automated detection of spammy language are the way to > go > > Leslie > > P.S. This is my own personal opinion and not the opinion of the foundation > P.P.S. I also vote for any proposal which increases the number of > kittens I get to view on a daily basis. > What about a honey pot? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing) Steven _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
