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Re: Scr.im » Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam.

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Post by mike-cardwell »

maushu wrote: post #4
mike-cardwell wrote: post #2

Yet another completely ineffectual captcha that completely misses the point. http://scr.im/test Are you joking? There is a 1 in 9 chance of getting the captcha right if you pick completely randomly . If I was writing a program to scrape these addresses your entire captcha system might add 2 minutes of programming time to the job.

He explains it in the FAQ.

A captcha is something which can tell the difference between a human and a computer. What he's using is something other than a captcha. Not sure what it is, but it isn't a captcha. What it definitely is though is a massive waste of time.

Re: Scr.im » Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam.

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Post by mike-cardwell »

mapleoin wrote: post #6
gregschlom wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quoting their FAQ: " The Captcha (humanity check) is way too simple, I can bruteforce it with a script! It's exactly how it should be. It's not an unbreakable locker. We prefer simple captchas, ease of use and convenience over undecypherable and cumbersome enigmas. " Not convinced...

Yeah, I don't understand how that helps with the goal of protecting my email...

If anything, it will do the opposite.

https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=http://scr.im/

95,000 results. Easily scriptable. Any spammers out there want a list of email addresses of people who are interested in spam protection?

Re: Scr.im » Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam.

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Post by [deleted] »

lrm242 wrote: post #8
gregschlom wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quoting their FAQ: " The Captcha (humanity check) is way too simple, I can bruteforce it with a script! It's exactly how it should be. It's not an unbreakable locker. We prefer simple captchas, ease of use and convenience over undecypherable and cumbersome enigmas. " Not convinced...

Sorry, the CAPTCHA is completely pointless. Here's why: 1. Go to http://scr.im/test 2. Click the upper right box 3. If you receive an error page, click "Try Again" and go to step 1. 4. You should arrive at this step in approximately 9 tries (on average) taking less than 15 seconds. What the heck is the point of a "human test" if it can be automatically attacked by a bot with literally no effort at all. The funny thin…

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Re: Scr.im » Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam.

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Post by vaksel »

I think an effective system would be using html5/flash that grabs an image and requires a user to do some movement with their mouse. i.e. select a house with a broken window, followed by a house with red windows and followed by a house with smoke coming out of it.

since it's flash/html5, I figure its going to be a lot harder to automate a way to break it.

Re: Scr.im » Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam.

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Post by mike-cardwell »

garply wrote: post #15

This is a clever idea. The 1 in 9 captcha test was a poor decision, but if he forced everyone to type in a reCAPTCHA instead I think it would be a good service. Simple and effective enough. I wish I had thought of it.

As giu said. This already exists:

http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/

scr.im is just a much worse version of mailhide

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