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anonym29 77 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of ...

mCaptcha, ALTCHA, Cap, Friendly Captcha, Private Captcha, Procaptcha, Anubis... there are literally dozens of open source alternatives that aren't feeding the Do Be Evil company... not to mention all of the commercial alternatives - if for whatever reason, you do feel like paying for a service that costs nothing to offer

UqWBcuFx6NV4r 77 days ago [–]

Gen off it. Fraud detection is nontrivial and requires ongoing effort. It’s reasonable for people to be compensated for that.

anonym29 76 days ago | [–]

CAPTCHAs are not fraud detection and not an ongoing effort

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