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The Unholy CAPTCHA: I Almost Handed My Terminal to a Hack

📅 July 12, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A fake CAPTCHA asks you to open Terminal and paste a curl command. This isn’t a bug—it’s a social-engineering exploit that weaponizes your trust in verification prompts. One user almost fell for it. Here’s how the attack works and why the real vulnerability is our conditioned obedience.

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