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		puzzle on Feb 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? What prevents a botnet from sharing that same session cookie?

Dylan16807 on Feb 14, 2019 [–]

A botnet doesn't need Tor in the first place. And you can limit the use of a single captcha solution. It's not much different from the problem of a legitimate google account being borrowed by a bot.

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