I don't understand how these bots can operate past the captcha without a code from Theymos...
Considering the accounts linked to that user the account was likely created to abuse bounty threads. However, as they were caught they likely just made a script to auto post, and send members personal messages.
Regardless, that doesn't prevent them from captchas. Even if I operate my account as a human, I still need to solve captchas every time I logout or empty my cookies.
That wouldn't need a code as the account is already established, and isn't doing anything more than me or you posting here.
They still need to login to message users or post stuff. Vod's point is how come they bot accounts are getting pass captchas which often takes several minutes for actual users to solve. (if I understood it correctly)
I don't understand how these bots can operate past the captcha without a code from Theymos...
Actually automated solving of the recaptcha is quite an easy task by using third party services like
https://2captcha.com/software There are other browser extensions like
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-captcha-decoder-exte/dappmbimgjecjddkmgekefhnogbefmjl or others which can automate your captcha solving process.Operating past recaptcha is just as easy as having a web driver to automate the boring tasks. One can easily achieve this in a few lines of code using Python. The botters set a good amount of delay after ever post so it just feels like a normal human is posting it.