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1. freepl+M7
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2026-01-08 19:39:46
>>Rooste+(OP)
Captcha is only effective at annoying legitimate users. If there is any incentive to do so, bots have no problem bypassing/solving them.
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2. gilrai+O8
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2026-01-08 19:45:38
>>freepl+M7
Is this your experience as a sysadmin or a user? As a sysadmin, this is an absurd statement in contradiction of my everyday reality.
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3. electr+gH
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2026-01-08 22:51:00
>>gilrai+O8
My website's contact form has a reCAPTCHA and it
still
gets spam sent through it (though vastly less). They pass the reCAPTCHA somehow. My contact form literally only emails
me
and they still do it.
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