Comments on: Computers are getting better at character recognition for bad purposes http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/ software development, technology, science and philosophy by Rémy Roy Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rémy Roy http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-11367 Rémy Roy Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:04:47 +0000 http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-11367 Hello Sparky, I am not a Yahoo mail user. So I cannot verify this. However, the intent of using a CAPTCHA, some difficult to read character recognition test, is to differentiate you from potential automated software. Since it is relatively hard for automated programs to figure out those characters, my guess is that Yahoo feel like it will reduce spam sent from their users using this technique. Hello Sparky,

I am not a Yahoo mail user. So I cannot verify this. However, the intent of using a CAPTCHA, some difficult to read character recognition test, is to differentiate you from potential automated software. Since it is relatively hard for automated programs to figure out those characters, my guess is that Yahoo feel like it will reduce spam sent from their users using this technique.

]]> By: Sparky http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-11356 Sparky Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:43:52 +0000 http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-11356 Why should I have to cope with difficult to read character recognition tests to send a Yahoo email when I don't for gmail or aol? Why should I have to cope with difficult to read character recognition tests to send a Yahoo email when I don’t for gmail or aol?

]]> By: Computers are getting better at character recognition for bad purposes http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-8 Computers are getting better at character recognition for bad purposes Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:54:08 +0000 http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-8 [...] have you seen this wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn a previous post, I wrote about my CAPTCHA plugin for blog publishing system. In that post, I was writing about how Microsoft and Yahoo had their CAPTCHA busted in the recents days. It seems like Google is not doing much better or … [...] [...] have you seen this wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn a previous post, I wrote about my CAPTCHA plugin for blog publishing system. In that post, I was writing about how Microsoft and Yahoo had their CAPTCHA busted in the recents days. It seems like Google is not doing much better or … [...]

]]> By: Computers are getting better at character recognition for bad purposes http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-7 Computers are getting better at character recognition for bad purposes Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:24:08 +0000 http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-7 [...] http://www.newsnet14.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt In a previous post, I wrote about my CAPTCHA plugin for blog publishing system. In that post, I was writing about how Microsoft and Yahoo had their CAPTCHA busted in the recents days. It seems like Google is not doing much better or that people are getting better at writing their own character recognition software. According to this detailed article by Websense Security Labs, Google with his Gmail service has been the target of some spammers in order to create a massive amount of email account [...] [...] http://www.newsnet14.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt In a previous post, I wrote about my CAPTCHA plugin for blog publishing system. In that post, I was writing about how Microsoft and Yahoo had their CAPTCHA busted in the recents days. It seems like Google is not doing much better or that people are getting better at writing their own character recognition software. According to this detailed article by Websense Security Labs, Google with his Gmail service has been the target of some spammers in order to create a massive amount of email account [...]

]]> By: Computers http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-6 Computers Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:06:49 +0000 http://www.remyroy.com/2008/02/25/computers-are-getting-better-at-character-recognition-for-bad-purposes/#comment-6 [...] Moffat Mathews wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn a previous post, I wrote about my CAPTCHA plugin for blog publishing system. In that post, I was writing about how Microsoft and Yahoo had their CAPTCHA busted in the recents days. It seems like Google is not doing much better or … [...] [...] Moffat Mathews wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn a previous post, I wrote about my CAPTCHA plugin for blog publishing system. In that post, I was writing about how Microsoft and Yahoo had their CAPTCHA busted in the recents days. It seems like Google is not doing much better or … [...]

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