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		kleevr on Oct 2, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail and Hotmail Captchas Cracked I like how the turing test is reversed.... It isn't so much a concern whether human's can recognize a computer (these days anyway), but rather, can a computer recognize a human.

kajecounterhack on Oct 2, 2008 [–]

Hmm actually no, its a concern whether a computer can recognize another computer, because captchas just prove that the end user isn't a computer.

then again, I guess its the same thing...its the "glass half full/empty" scenario.

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