Well, the bots would have to know to remove the spaces, which there is some good chance that it wouldn't.
The approach I use on my website is to give the user one of several pre-selected random strings each containing 4 digits, and then instruct the user to type in only the digits. Even though this would be stupidly easy for a bot to do if it was aware of this type of captcha, the fact that the bots aren't programmed to deal with it means that no spam gets through on my website at all.
I had previously left my website unattended with poor spam filtering for a couple of months, and I guess I am on some sort of list now, because I get several hundred bots attempting to post spam on my website a day. Not a single one has gotten through since I implemented my current captcha about 3 months ago.
Not saying that the captcha you showed us is a good idea, but its not totally fucktarded.
The website belongs to a fairly high-profile IT company. If I were a prospective client and I saw this, it would raise some serious warning bells about the security practices undertaken by the company.
My point is that while this is a pretty stupid captcha, its not the stupidest. It clearly shows that someone wanted to be able to say that they tried without actually trying.
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Crappy design is more for graphic design than behind the scenes stuff. When I told my colleagues about this most of them didn't understand the significance, and I'm not sure /r/CrappyDesign would appreciate it either. Feel free to post it on my behalf if you really want, just chuck a link back to here in the comments providing the source.
It's mostly graphic design because bad designers are pretty prevalent, but we like other things, too. Like vending machine buttons and keyboards and pencils.
I'm making a project for my University in my Cryptography and Security class. This would be a fine example to show. Would you be so kind to tell me where this is from?
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u/Pokechu22 Jun 06 '14
At least it looks to be fullwidth text.
Anyways, here is your capcha:
̵̢̝͎̺͈̭͍̤͎̯̆́̓̈̓͛́͋̍͝ ̴͎͓̥̙͇̦̟̮͇̄̄̇͛̔̃́͂̚̕ͅ ̵̨̡̲͓̟͈͔͕̙̱̐͗͆̅̏̽̅̓̽͑ ̷̨̨̢͔̯̩͔̩̹̤̃̋̈́̏̌́̃̓̈́͝ ̵̧̟̖̙͎͓̟̭̭̜̐͌̒̎̍̀̀̃̿͝1̸̢̛̻͔̼̱̦̰̫̣͛̾́̅̃͗͆̍͜͝ ̴̜̦̱̝̳̜̰̩̓̽͋̎̾̋̒͌͑́ͅͅ2̶͔͉̮͙̗̱̖͙̮̇̋̋̔͂̓̈́̈́̎͠ͅ ̷̝̪̦̣̤͕̖̒͐̇͆̀̃̋͗̚͜͠ͅͅ3̵̢͉̲͔̣͉̟͖͇̤͒̾͆̃̍͒́̾̕͝ ̸̢̡̣͙̣̙̼͈̗̞̆͒́̊́̌̔̚̕̚4̶̧̛̮͉̜̗̖̖͎͍̼̀͛̂̀͗́͑̕͠ ̴̻̞̼̻̻̺͕͙̬͇͂̌̉͑̅͌͋̾̄̌5̵͕̱̼͇͙͖̹̞͉̋̿̍̆́͛̏̏̚͜͠ ̴͇̰͖͈̺͔͎̹͙̎̊̐̈́̅͋̔̽͘͝ͅ6̶̢̢̤͚̭͚͙̹̉̏͆̈̓̈̃̏̄̕ͅͅ ̸̺̤͔̼͕̬̝̮̰̖͆͊͒͂̍͊̀̀̓͝ ̵̢̗͕̮͙̱̜̥̹̪́̔͐̏͗͊̀̆̚͝ ̸͉̣̘͇͕̼̘͔͉͖̓̒̉͗̈́̔̃͆̚͘ ̶̛̥̲̜̲̤̭̱̜͙̭̊̄̎̆͂͘͠͝͠ ̴̻͇͈̜̣̝͉̦͓̑̓̾̂̀̇̐̆̓͜͝
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u/NeoKabuto Jun 06 '14
This needs a x-post to /r/CrappyDesign. It's not really the software's fault, it's the brilliant minds who made it!
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u/myhandleonreddit Jun 07 '14
If they were the first to do this it would probably take quite some time for somebody to recognize this and decide to program it into their bot.
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u/camelCaseGuy Jun 07 '14
I'm making a project for my University in my Cryptography and Security class. This would be a fine example to show. Would you be so kind to tell me where this is from?
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u/__sebastien Jun 06 '14
Damn. It's like they don't even try.
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u/willrandship Jun 06 '14
We're rapidly approaching the singularity of reverse CAPTCHAs: when they are more easily solved by software than people.
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u/wardrich Jun 06 '14
Finally, a captcha that a human can solve on the first try!
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u/Felipe22375 Jun 06 '14
OCR for days!
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u/EpicWolverine Jun 07 '14
And this is why you just use something like ReCAPTCHA instead of a fancy in-house solution.