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		elliottcarlson on Nov 10, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA That's not the issue - as soon as you make a list of questions available for the world, all it takes is one spammer to create a matching list of answers and they can go to town. By providing that list of answers as open source you are making it easier for someone to create the counter part answer database.

nodata on Nov 10, 2010 | [–]

http://xkcd.com/810/

eru on Nov 10, 2010 | | [–]

http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1395792545/constructive

archgoon on Nov 11, 2010 | | | [–]

Captchas are not restricted to reddit and social news site, despite what your link claims.

eru on Nov 11, 2010 | | | [–]

Oh, that was just to make fun of xkcd. I don't think xkcd links are really that good an addition to a discussion here.

joelvh on Nov 10, 2010 | [–]

Exactly!

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