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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:30:06 +1000
Subject: Re: Captcha identify
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Eric S. Johansson <esj@harvee.org> wrote:
> not what I said or advocated.  pointing out that breaking captchas is good
> for accessibility issues it not the same as being pro spambot. it may have
> that effect but it is not the same thing.

I don't care, frankly. I'm still not going to help anyone to break
CAPTCHAs automatically. If you're unable to solve CAPTCHAs, it's
equivalent to being unable to run VBScript or unable to download music
over a proprietary streaming protocol: it's a problem to be solved by
getting the server admin to change policy, *not* by trying to script
around it. Scripting around the problem just forces everyone to make
it harder to script around the problem. You're joining the arms race,
and on the wrong side.

Breaking CAPTCHAs is *not* good for any issue.

ChrisA