OT: captchas

[Justin Dugger]

Maybe you were already aware of this, but human farming has already
been documented. Apparently they get people to provide capcha answers
in exchange for pornography.  I doubt you'd see a capcha sweatshop,
though I wouldn't be surprised to see a asian cybercafe offer
discounts for capcha replies.

On 4/17/05, Oren Beck <oren_beck at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Actually a more complex to manage but could be more
> effective hack may be possible. A "human decoding farm"
> Basic concept is the "signature" of a captchas type
> challenge is routed to a human - who reads and
>  decodes it- types it in and is instantly rewarded by...
> The next captcha to decode. rinse lather repeat for
> 8 hours or more a day. But such labor gets cheap .
> After all when wal-mart self checkouts merchandise
> made in Bangladesh and stocked by robots we ALL
> may wind up being captcha decoders for a spam haus.