Well, it is a good way to tell computers and humans apart. Computers can read it, while humans can't. They should reject corectly filled in captchas.
Well maybe they are really good and this is a honeypot.
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#12While this captcha is truly a display of ignorance I could imagine that "corporate developers" at D&B aren't web developers. All I am saying is that if you force me to write enterprise software (which I have zero experience with) on a tight schedule I'm probably going to make a stupid mistake or two even though I hope I am not of "lower quality". I imagine someone in management refused to hire web devs because "we've…
What is this thing that people call "enterprise software"?
According to the internet it's badly written, extremely slow and very expensive software that will only get replaced after 20-50 years of use.
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#13While this captcha is truly a display of ignorance I could imagine that "corporate developers" at D&B aren't web developers. All I am saying is that if you force me to write enterprise software (which I have zero experience with) on a tight schedule I'm probably going to make a stupid mistake or two even though I hope I am not of "lower quality". I imagine someone in management refused to hire web devs because "we've…
It doesn't matter though. This isn't just a 'stupid mistake' made by a dev rushed for time, this is literally 'not a captcha.' It's not. Not even a poorly designed and incompetently executed captcha... it just isn't even one at all.
It doesn't take long to find out that best practices exist for captchas, what they are, what the typical vulnerabilities are, and then pick one from the top shelf of existing solutions once you realize captchas are hard to do properly and you're probably not being paid what it's worth to roll your own.
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#14D&B?! Aren't these the guys everyone including Apple trusts for their DUNS number?! Are you fucking serious?
Exactly. They're not the people everybody trusts to determine if incoming traffic is human/machine.
Your response implies that they are inept at their area of expertise.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is this thing that people call "enterprise software"?
According to the internet it's badly written, extremely slow and very expensive software that will only get replaced after 20-50 years of use.
On the bright side, most enterprise software projects never actually get put into production.
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#17Twitter does something similar with 3rd-party authentication. The user puts in their name and password but then the rest of the process can be done by a bot. 1. click on a button to confirm granting access 2. provide the code in an image to he App but the HTML for the code hass the following:
Next, return to TrainerLists and enter this PIN to complete the authorization process:
7996044
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is this thing that people call "enterprise software"?
According to the internet it's badly written, extremely slow and very expensive software that will only get replaced after 20-50 years of use.
Also written by a massive team with factory-like division of responsibilities.
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#19Somebody is gonna get fired.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is this thing that people call "enterprise software"?
According to the internet it's badly written, extremely slow and very expensive software that will only get replaced after 20-50 years of use.
Haha, sadly the vast majority doesn't last past 6 years due to EOL on various components and inflexibility to changing business requirements. A more common need is the ability to have a scapegoat / fall-guy for failures of projects that have unrealistic/arbitary requirements and/or deadlines set by an upper management that is no longer in touch with technology.