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<p dir="auto">In this case it was mostly directed at <a class="user-mention notranslate" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/SomeoneElseOSM/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM">@SomeoneElseOSM</a> to check is it intentional new issue or duplicate of <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="115930521" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/1083" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/1083/hovercard" href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/1083">#1083</a> "suppress creating accounts by bots/scripts"</p>
<p dir="auto">I am well aware about ongoing attempt to apply various blocks using available methods (though definitely not about all of them)</p>
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<p dir="auto">A captcha is unlikely to help with the recent issues anyway as we long since stopped them doing bulk account creations and they now only create two or three at a time which can be done manually.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I seen it, so I assumed that "Prevent <strong>mechanical</strong> signups by malicious users" issue is about some other attack, maybe potential one.</p>

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