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e2e8 on Sept 30, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: A negative captcha

I think that strategy is called "security through obscurity."

icebraining on Sept 30, 2013 [–]

A captcha is not "security", so the term doesn't apply. It's just a nuisance filter.

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