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Re: Plug and play alternatives to captcha

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From: Jon Gibbins (dotjay)
Date: Apr 17, 2008 2:40PM

Aaron Cannon wrote:
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> However, this captcha issue has been bothering me for some time. There _must_ be a way for a computer to tell humans and computers apart, without relying on any of the physical senses of sight or hearing. I just can't for the life of me think of what it could be.
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It's a tricky area, but I quite liked Gez Lemon's suggestion for
constructing a massive white-list based on social networking services,
which could be extended within OpenID:
http://juicystudio.com/article/accessibility-of-captcha.php

Jon

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