– with captchas, multi factor authentication, email verifications and so much more at disposal how are the biggest social platforms still riddled with bots in high percentages ?

Question

– with captchas, multi factor authentication, email verifications and so much more at disposal how are the biggest social platforms still riddled with bots in high percentages ?

In: Technology

Answer 1

The ‘defending side’ is always at a disadvantage. The bot maker only has to find one vulnerability that lets them circumvent the defenses. The defender has to find and block all vulnerabilities.