Bug#535830: ITP: php-recaptcha -- reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service
"Angel Abad \(Ikusnet SLL\)" <angel@grupoikusnet.com> wrote:
> [...] No computer program can read
> distorted text as well as humans can, so bots cannot navigate sites
> protected by CAPTCHAs.
This sentence is false. It depends on the ability of the humans.
Also, many other sorts of CAPTCHAs exist besides distorted text
eyetests.
> This package contains the php recaptcha library.
Sadly, reCAPTCHA is not a CAPTCHA: it cannot distinguish between
humans with audio-visual impairments and computers. As usually
implemented, it insults humans with audio-visual impairments by
calling them inhuman.
The package description should make clear the difference between
reCAPTCHA and a true CAPTCHA.
Wouldn't someone rather package an anti-spam tool instead? Packages
for blogspam.net libraries would be much more useful.
Thanks,
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