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louis-paul
on June 25, 2014
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Captchas are Becoming Ridiculous
Google exploits ReCaptcha to recognize street numbers. When typing a numerical ReCaptcha, you are doing OCR for Google Maps for free.
jdbernard
on June 25, 2014
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Well, not exactly for free. Its a trade. You're willing to donate your small amount of time to Google in exchange for Google providing security benefits to the website which you are attempting to use.
Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.
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