FS#64353 - Wiki: Fix captcha, don't ask users to execute random shell commands
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Arch Linux
Opened by Pascal Ernster (hardfalcon) - Saturday, 02 November 2019, 04:05 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 02 November 2019, 04:47 GMT
Opened by Pascal Ernster (hardfalcon) - Saturday, 02 November 2019, 04:05 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 02 November 2019, 04:47 GMT
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The wiki just asked me for the output of running "pacman
-V|base32|head -1" as a captcha.
To put it mildly, this is a *really* stupid idea, for a number of reasons: - This doesn't work if you are using the testing repo (which currently contains a newer version of pacman than the core repo). - This doesn't work if you are on a system that hasn't yet been updated to the latest pacman version. - This doesn't work for users who are not currently sitting in front of a machine running Archlinux. - Asking users to paste random commands into their shell seems just like a really bad idea in and for itself. The Archlinux wiki is supposed to be about Archlinux, not about questionable social engineering techniques. - This doesn't really work as a captcha since it can be easily circumvented. Also, if been asked the same captcha multiple times. If there is only a single captcha, just spare users the nuisance or at least use a cookie so users don't have to solve the same captcha over and over again. |
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Closed by Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Saturday, 02 November 2019, 04:47 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing: FS#48395
and others
Saturday, 02 November 2019, 04:47 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:

Correction: The first "if" in the last line should've been an
"I've".