[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

[Guido van Rossum]

On 5/17/07, Hrvoje Nikšić <hrvoje.niksic at avl.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 22:17 -0700, Talin wrote:
> > Here's a simple method: Put up a free porn site [...]
>
> Is it known that someone actually implemented this?  It's a neat trick,
> but as far as I know, it started as a thought experiment of what *could*
> be done to fairly easily defeat the captchas, as well as all other
> circumvention methods that make use of human intelligence.

I don't have hard data but it's been related to me as true by Googlers
who should have first-hand experience.

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