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dabeeeenster
on Sept 16, 2009
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Google acquires reCAPTCHA
What? Why? You can write your own CAPTCHA or use another provider...Unless I'm missing something?
lucumo
on Sept 16, 2009
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reCAPTCHA has some pretty good network effects due to the amount of data they have. reCAPTCHA detects suspect behaviour from IP addresses/ranges/sites etc. and blocks users based on that.
codexon
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Does this mean, that if recaptcha for some reason thinks you are suspicious, you won't be able to login to your google account, etc?
lucumo
on Sept 16, 2009
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Yes.
Makes it a good fit for Google, doesn't it?
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