Any one else noticed how recaptcha is failing on vb forums

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Originally Posted by tomrep

as any 1 else noticed lately how bots are managing to get past googles recaptcha recently, i know that vBulletin forums are seeing alot of this

That is nothing new. It is common knowledge that recaptcha has been cracked by bots and therefore it is rendered useless. Q&A challenge is the best option under the circumstances. It won''t help with the human spammer but still provides some security for the automated bots.