Very Dumb CAPTCHA

Saturday, 19 April 2008 09:10 by pauldomag

I was about to download a source code that was uploaded via RapidShare. I'm not a frequent RapidShare user for I just seldom download anything there. So it has been of some time since I have been able to enter the site. I'm pretty quite familiar with CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) actually I was using CAPTCHA on my old blog. I know it's pretty quite helpful from Bot (non-human like spammer) protection. But I guess the CAPTCHA in RapidShare has just crossed some limits. Instead of blocking Bots, they seem to be blocking people with eye-problems or computers with very-high resolutions. Take a look at this and judge for yourself:

Captcha

This is already an enlarged image. Imagine it on its original size (3/4 of the current size). Imagine looking at those cats and wondering who's sitting down. Actually I've been able to get this right after trying for 5 times! Why can't they just make it like Yahoo type Captchas. I guess their looking for users with superhuman abilities to be able to download from their site.

Can you guess the letters? Just post your answers in the comments area.

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April 19. 2008 15:21

BeLe

no shit! Did they just change they're captcha recently? I've never seen this type before. LOL

Is YUSK right? It said for letters so I didn't include the numbers. hahah. Not sure if that's an O or a zero though.

BeLe

April 21. 2008 12:25

theart

Base on the opinion or hint of the author above. I think the answer is 7USO.hehehehhe...

theart

April 22. 2008 01:18

Willer

hmmmm.... yeah... it's should be "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers, Geezers, Eye impaired, Dumb People, Dumb Inventors and SuperHumans Apart"

Willer

April 28. 2008 10:20

WildFire

Blame this to CryptLoad.
Hehehe... : ]

WildFire

May 5. 2008 09:14

ara

I have also experience it at rapidshare... i keep on refreshing for 3 times to give me the correct captcha.. lol

ara

May 14. 2008 09:19

Andre

Well they are changing the captcha quite frequently - sometimes it´s really hard to succeed, but it also seems, that rapidshare has serios problems caused by bots...

Andre

May 23. 2008 00:52

BeLe

You should try downloading at around 6 in the morning and a few hours before and after...it's their "happy hour" so you won't have to input any of this captcha. Laughing

BeLe

June 3. 2008 19:28

Allen

people visit and download on rapidshare is no normal user, you must not known it in the first place if you just a normal being.So rapidshare expected the users in their site is tech wiz. likeyou... hahahah

Allen

June 16. 2008 03:54

Doods

Just count the heads.

Doods

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