Well, the offer is really good so I signed up and tried it.Īfter earning $3 (their maximum daily earnings before), I was so excited to cash it out, BUT I found out that they have minimum cash out of $100. There was a website (the photo on the right) that promises to pay their typist $0.10 for every CAPTCHA code. I mentioned a while back that I did try working as a CAPTCHA typist and the following are the reasons why my answer is a big NO! 1. So, can you really make decent money with CAPTCHA typing? Can You Really Make Money With CAPTCHA Typing?ĭespite countless reasons why you shouldn’t, I am sure there are people who do not mind making money the unethical way. However, by working with CAPTCHA typing websites, you are helping the hackers and spammers to continue their unethical, and in some cases illegal activities. There is no explicit law that considers CAPTCHA typing to be illegal. Now, is it illegal to do CAPTCHA typing jobs? Thus, providing the spammers’ easy way to continue their illegal actions. To bypass CAPTCHA, the spammers use the services of CAPTCHA typing websites.ĬAPTCHA typing websites would pay real humans to solve or type the CAPTCHAs. It’s because hackers came up with a workaround.

Why are some of the websites hacked even if they used CAPTCHA?

So, websites use CAPTCHA to filter out bots from humans, thus, helping them to keep their client’s data safe and at the same time prevent their websites from spam. For example, using a bot, hackers can access someone’s contact information and sell it to a company which will then send spam emails or messages. There are people who create bots and use these bots to hack a website and earn money from it. Though it is not directly connected to CAPTCHA typing, this instance (hacking) could also be a result of CAPTCHA typing.

Have you read or heard about the recent news about a bank that was hacked and lost millions of dollars? “An Internet bot, also known as a web robot, (source: Wikipedia) How Does CAPTCHA work? Have you tried accessing a website wherein before you are going to proceed, you have to type words or numbers or solve a mathematical problem?ĬAPTCHA is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” As the name suggests, it is the text, image, or sound verification someone has to enter or solve and is used by certain websites to filter out bots from the human.

can you really earn money from CAPTCHA typing and ĭisclaimer: Please note, any recommendations and/or conclusions are strictly opinions and may not apply to, or agree with, all persons or situations.įirst, let us understand what CAPTCHA is.

Personally, I have tried this job and so I decided to let people know the reality of doing this kind of “job”. The question is, ARE CAPTCHA TYPING JOBS LEGIT? The reason for this is that it doesn’t require any skill. CAPTCHA typing jobs are gaining ground these days especially here in the Philippines.

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