IBM implements worlds most trivial captcha
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The feedback form at the bottom of their knowledgebase articles uses a plain text number that can be copy/pasted into the textbox without requiring any sort of actual OCR. Big blue clearly put alot of time and effort into this system. :rolleyes: Scroll to the very bottom.[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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The feedback form at the bottom of their knowledgebase articles uses a plain text number that can be copy/pasted into the textbox without requiring any sort of actual OCR. Big blue clearly put alot of time and effort into this system. :rolleyes: Scroll to the very bottom.[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
dan neely wrote:
Big blue clearly put alot of time and effort into this system.
Aye, but behind it is a 10,000 line Javascript function that monitors how fast the digits are entered into the textbox, doing all sorts of heuristic and AI analysis to ensure it's a human typing the numbers in. Looks can be deceptive! Marc
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The feedback form at the bottom of their knowledgebase articles uses a plain text number that can be copy/pasted into the textbox without requiring any sort of actual OCR. Big blue clearly put alot of time and effort into this system. :rolleyes: Scroll to the very bottom.[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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I especially love how they've disabled selecting it, so you can't copy/paste the number. :) I think they kind of missed the point of the captha system.
wmba wrote:
I especially love how they've disabled selecting it, so you can't copy/paste the number.
You can :)
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I especially love how they've disabled selecting it, so you can't copy/paste the number. :) I think they kind of missed the point of the captha system.
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The feedback form at the bottom of their knowledgebase articles uses a plain text number that can be copy/pasted into the textbox without requiring any sort of actual OCR. Big blue clearly put alot of time and effort into this system. :rolleyes: Scroll to the very bottom.[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Would the fact that it is a
LABELelement make any difference (to the bot)?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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The feedback form at the bottom of their knowledgebase articles uses a plain text number that can be copy/pasted into the textbox without requiring any sort of actual OCR. Big blue clearly put alot of time and effort into this system. :rolleyes: Scroll to the very bottom.[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
The label isn't the issue it's the in the HTML which is what is really being checked along with 3 other hidden values, not encrypted in anyway and easy to spoof. Obviously they have the ability to do better but is a feedback post on an article worth the effort? I'm guessing they don't think so.
Al