Google buys outfit that makes those squiggly word boxes for Web sites »
Posted By altnrg 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyGoogle Inc. announced on its blog Wednesday that it acquired ReCaptcha, a company that provides those familiar squiggly word boxes - known as captchas - that help Web operators prevent spam and fraud.
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i remember an article about how spammers were simply exporting the job to india.
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they wrote a script that would take the image, send it to an indian guy who would get paid 10 cents for every correct kaptcha that he entered in.
they averaged 4 out 10 correct every minute, which was worth it to the spammer who still turned a profit while a translator was typing away from some remote location. -
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