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Here's the Ars Technica article which does much better job explaining the system:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/05/google-recaptcha-bro...

agreed, thanks for posting the ars link.

the youtube video in the OP does a great job of explaining and the thinking behind the attack, and even though it's an hour long, it's worth the watch.

Video tutorials are awful if they're the only option. I read very quickly, and videos are typically paced at the lowest "average" comprehension level, so they're a painfully inefficient way to relay technical information.

Plain text wins again, at least for one-way technical communication.

I tend to agree with you, but FYI you sound pretty arrogant when you say it that way.

How about when I say I hate videos of what should be written text because years of exposure to gunfire in the Army has impaired my hearing?

I will never understand why people think that the crappy audio channel of a youtube video of some guy "umming" and gulping through a poorly prepared speech, all recorded on a $5 microphone, is a suitable way of passing information.

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