[UPHPU] Breaking Captchas

[Brandon Stout]

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Lonnie Olson wrote:

> Are there any other reasons for implementing a captcha, other than to
> block automation?  Without any other reasons, simple logic proves they
> are purposely intending to block attempts to automate the use of that
> form.  So unless their decision to implement the captcha completely
> defies logic, they are definitely *not* ok with Kirk automating it.
>
> *sigh*
>
> But I must concede the point that, yes, there are a great deal of
> people who's minds are illogical.  But they rarely live long, or run
> companies that last long.  :P
>
> --lonnie

I'm with Lonnie and Velda on this.  I don't like to implement captchas
because it makes it less likely that someone who wants to sign up for a
site will sign up.  It's one more step that can cause users to give up
before they sign up.  In fact, I had to remove a captcha from a family
forum I put up once because I had some relatives that couldn't figure
out what to do with it.  Rather than going to each house and giving an
elementary school education about captcha use, I got rid of it.  If I
implement captcha, there's only one reason, and that's because I need to
block automation and spy bots.  I certainly don't need it to get more
users...  Furthermore, if I wrote a captcha and someone broke it, I'd
look for a way to improve it.  That's called an escalation.

Brandon Stout
Stout Hosting LLC

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