Re: You have just violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 08:39:15PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> (TicketMaster used it despite the fact
> that the inventors of CAPTCHA stated it was not a security device in
> their paper).

As an aside, captchas have absolutely no value of any kind, security
or otherwise.  They have been quite, quite thoroughly beaten.  Their
only remaining use is as a litmus test: anyone still using them is
ignorant and incompetent.

Now...every now and then, when I point that out, someone says "but hey,
*our* captchas are working".  And then I use one of my favorite quotes:

        Vir: Londo, they could've killed me!
        Mollari: Nonsense, you are not important enough to kill.

---rsk
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