Comments on: Google: Bots Haven’t Broken Our Captchas Yet

By: Bashar

Bashar — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:55:34 +0000

Ofcourse they didn’t. Those Google Captchas have lost their original intent. “Make something easy for human to understand, very difficult for machine to understand”

Google Captchas are damn difficult even for human beings!

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:23 +0000

Google recently filed a patent for a technology that identifies text in images.

Chances are, they could be the arbiters of their own defeat…

By: CBR

CBR — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:44:55 +0000

There is already a huge amount of low cost labour out there producing spam – why wait to break the capture with cheap labour at your disposal.

By: SEO Snyman

SEO Snyman — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:26:43 +0000

The argument of low paid workers creating the chaos hold true….they’ll have to start tracking ip adresses.

By: Jacques - Web Marketing

Jacques - Web Marketing — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:23:03 +0000

Google’s gmail has proven remarkably spam free thus far, use it as a back up email and the amount of spam that comes through there is zero vs the penis enlargement and cracked software ads bugging me on hosted email accounts.

By: WebSite Design Orange County

WebSite Design Orange County — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:04:12 +0000

Maybe it would be best to send these damn spammers to a remote Aleutian island with only a leopard print Speedo and 5 pieces of red licorice. Just a thought.

By: Goran Giertz - Marketing

Goran Giertz - Marketing — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:37:07 +0000

Only those that are in the technical arena will know about the perl scripts. For most Googles word is good enough.

By: Hagrin

Hagrin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:20:57 +0000

Michael is 100% correct – for Google to take this stance is ridiculous. The files are out in the open and still work.

By: Sushubh

Sushubh — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:55:53 +0000

as long their spam filters work fine which they do… i am ok…

By: Search Engine Optimization Journal

Search Engine Optimization Journal — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:30:03 +0000

Hmm interesting. Perhaps the attention on the subject will pressure Google to heighten the security measures currently in placed. These spammers sure are relentless!