[OSM-talk] Spam in user diaries
Tom Hughes
tom at compton.nu
Fri Jan 20 16:00:21 GMT 2012
On 20/01/12 15:51, Matthias Meißer wrote:
> Am 20.01.2012 11:28, schrieb Thomas Davie:
>> On 20 Jan 2012, at 10:15, Andreas Labres wrote:
>> Wouldn't this result in a new process for spamming:
>> • Register
>> • email validation
>> • Spam the database with some bogus data, perhaps spelling out your
>> spam with motorways
>> • Post diary entry.
>
> Yes indeed, I just tried to show of different alternatives. So why don't
> we use just captchas before registering new users?
Because they don't make any difference to real humans, and it is my
belief that the spammers targeting us are real humans.
Tom
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