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    SCUBA_Instr's Avatar
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    Sep 2013
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    Gridiania, Eorzea
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    Anna Streeter
    World
    Adamantoise
    Main Class
    Archer Lv 70
    Hi Myahele,
    Quote Originally Posted by myahele View Post
    ...those weird confirmation numbers you have to enter to prove you are a person?


    A sophisticated CAPCHA requirement pinned to each character's login
    might slow down the bot's process enough that the bot owner would
    have to enter the CAPTCHA requirement each time he cycles a spambot
    in and out of the game. CAPCHA's aren't foolproof. Sophisticated
    hacks can circumvent a CAPTCHA requirement, particularly where
    spambot owners are diddling with the data stream in the first place.

    I'm not saying not to do it. It comes with the caveat that
    spambot softwares may circumvent it via code injection.

    We need to keep in mind that RMT criminals are cycling over
    1000 spambot accounts per server per day (according to
    Reddit), and constantly creating new paying accounts using
    cheap stolen credit card numbers. They do all this in software
    with minimum human intervention.

    STEP-1. Square Enix leadership needs to recognize the
    magnitude of the server-side network security threat.
    And this is not being done.
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    Last edited by SCUBA_Instr; 02-16-2015 at 03:35 AM. Reason: The 1000 char limit

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