• @[email protected]
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    222 months ago

    Captcha solver add-on? Had no idea about that. If a captcha can be solved this way, why is still being used? What’s the point?

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      To decrease the amount of spam. There is a misunderstanding, the same with anti-cheat. Captchas will always be solvable, there will always be people who cheat. The point is not to eliminate all bots / cheaters, but to only have to deal with a smaller number of them.

    • Draconic NEO
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      12 months ago

      The point is that people think that it’s effective. It’s the illusion of security, which does actually keep some of the more stupid spammers and bad actors at bay. It doesn’t stop the ones that are determined though, nothing does.