Benferhat

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Comment · 11 years ago

I might even incorporate the request rate into a bot detection algo, maybe have it trigger temporary hellbans.

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Comment · 12 years ago

I've used GAE since its inception, never even heard of anything like this happening. Any updates?

Comment · 12 years ago

I believe he's talking about Diablo 2 (the timeframe works, and the game is notorious for duping), in which Blizzard provides shady third party companies with items, which are then sold to users.

Comment · 12 years ago

If I'm not logged into a site a that I regularly use, I'm probably not logged into my email, either. In order to log into my favorite site with Passwordless, I have to log into my email as well. With my password. One login for the price of two, and I'm still using a password.

Comment · 12 years ago

Each plugin is a potential confounder.

Comment · 12 years ago

They seem to have done a small early beta over the summer, I guess they got in early.

Comment · 12 years ago

I'd like to hear arguments for why it would be unfair competition for Google to put spammy ad agencies out of business.

Comment · 12 years ago

Thanks for the heads up, I missed it due to adblock. I made the link non-clickable and added a warning.

Comment · 12 years ago

I found a demo[0] via this old forum thread from August[1].

Obviously there are privacy concerns. That being said, this looks like a boon for anyone interested in bot detection, as you can periodically challenge your users' humanity without getting too much in their way. Nice one, Google.

From the thread:

Implemented it successfully for a website. I have to say, it works great!

it also checks if html pages are changed at runtime and how many times you "reload" the page where the captcha is. When it thinks you are a bot a captcha popups, when entered, it got checked on googles servers if it's right and fills in a hidden input. When the user submits the form, the filled in captcha coded, again, will be verifed. [sic]

[0] http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo

[1] Edit: don't go to this url without adblock (see comment below). http://forum.ragezone com/f144/googles-captcha-recaptcha-1023607/