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isodev ◴[] No.42172859[source]
Why are captchas even a thing still? If folks want to scrape something or build an automation around something, then why not let them do it? They still have to respect the system they're logging in. Not to mention the privacy perk of not exposing your visitors to some captcha service with a dozen or more data subprocessors.
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stanmancan ◴[] No.42172918[source]
I had to add a captcha to a registration page a couple years ago. Bots were signing up for thousands of fake accounts with other people’s email addresses. The email confirmation we sent would then get reported as spam since the recipient didn’t sign up for our service. Our email provider suspended our account for high spam reports.
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reginald78 ◴[] No.42174348[source]
What's is the play by the spammers here? Is it a direct attack on your website, perhaps because they were competitors? Or are they hoping that 1% of spammed email addresses will accidentally verify their email?
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1. stanmancan ◴[] No.42175635[source]
No clue to be honest; I just added a captcha and moved on with life. It’s a small side project so it wasn’t worth investing.