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FunCaptcha_Jim

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About FunCaptcha_Jim

As the name and underscore implies, I'm a part of the FunCaptcha team. Any questions, always happy to chat.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #9104103

    Yep, definitely do, as you can probably guess from my username. Full disclosure: I'm from the team behind a leading CAPTCHA alternative and our concerns are two-fold -- privacy and…

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    Comment #8848378

    No problem :)

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    Comment #8848296

    We actually tested the theory as of yesterday and it was still possible, re: the video we posted up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=718EOIoWKAE

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    Comment #8848184

    Hey all, this is a blog post that aims to simplify the findings from Egor Homakov in early December ( http://homakov.blogspot.in/2014/12/the-no-captcha-problem.ht... ). We've inclu…

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    Comment #8760397

    This is extremely well written and engaging. Any other blogs like this one?

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    Comment #8755841

    Oh wow, I had no idea this happened! And it's actually true? This isn't the typical "we've cured this" then "loljk here's why we haven't cured this" news piece?

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    Comment #8714973

    That was my assumption. It appears Detroit could potentially be reliant on a wealthy entrepreneur to take a "leap of faith" or have a third party offer some sort of financial incen…

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    Comment #8714862

    As I live in Australia, to see a city like this in such a state is saddening. Of course, everyone has heard stories of Detroit's issues but to see them so starkly pictured is prett…

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    Comment #8714819

    Sad day, his contributions have been huge.

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    Comment #8714802

    Great article, shame it happened. I'm really curious as to how this idea didn't really succeed - seemed like a slam dunk service. Anyone know more?

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    Comment #8698980

    Interesting perspective on the changes! Our lead designer actually had similar concerns (can read them here: https://www.funcaptcha.co/2014/12/04/killing-the-captcha-wit... ). You …

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    Comment #8698204

    We were actually just discussing the "what if I trip their filter" concern at our morning meeting. Full disclosure: my company (as the username implies) builds FunCaptcha, a CAPTCH…

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    Comment #8698169

    Hey! Thanks for the shout-out, glad you're digging us.