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by James Robertson.
Original Post: Glad I didn't go the Captcha Path
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By January 2008, Yahoo Mail's CAPTCHA had been cracked. Gmail was ripped open in April. Hotmail's top got popped during the same month. And then things got bad. There are now programs available online (no, we will not tell you where) that automate CAPTCHA attacks. You don't need to have any cracking skills. All you need is a desire to spread spam, make anonymous online attacks against your enemies, propagate malware or, in general, be an online jerk.
I had a ton of people tell me I should have gone with one of the big automated systems here. I think I'm glad I was too lazy to bother :)
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