#spamprevention — Public Fediverse posts

So Google is seemingly updating reCAPTCHA (the most popular bot detection method on the web since forever) to require a phone running either iOS or a Google-sanctioned Android OS.

If you don't have a smartphone or your smartphone has stuff like GrapheneOS on it, you can't seemingly complete reCAPTCHAS anymore without jumping through hoops or by getting a separate phone for doing this.

#Google #iOS #Android #CAPTHCA #reCAPTCHA #SpamPrevention #Infosec #GrapheneOS #Jolla

"[Dairyland.com founder Andrew ]Smales requires new users to pay a one-time $2 activation fee to prove they're not a spammer."

#MichelleSterling, 2014

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jp5vdg/the-antisocial-network-how-the-90s-internet-died-like-diaryland

Clever.

Imagine if every responsible email host in the world did this. It could have a similar effect to those 'digital stamp' proposals - tiny charges for sending email aimed at reducing spam - but without the unavoidable friction of avoidable micropayments;

https://freakonomics.com/2009/02/blnk/

#SpamPrevention #AccountCreation

🧵 Thread 3/3. Such a structure would make it tougher for spammers to infiltrate our community, as access becomes more guarded and meaningful. #Mastodon #InviteOnly #SpamPrevention #DigitalEcosystem #spam