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I think that I by this time I have the technology to make something like this work, I was wondering if this is a good solution though. What do you think?
I had a strange idea about solving this problem: How about a micro-payment, something like $0.01, instead of solving a puzzle? In that case maybe you won't care if many bots login to your website. I think that I by this time I have the technology to make something like this work, I was wondering if this is a good solution though. What do you think?
I had a strange idea about solving this problem: How about a micro-payment, something like $0.01, instead of solving a puzzle? In that case maybe you won't care if many bots login to your website. I think that I by this time I have the technology to make something like this work, I was wondering if this is a good solution though. What do you think?
I’m a fan of the Chinese-style captchas where you just move a puzzle piece with a slider. I have no idea how defeatable it is vs reCaptcha but it’s far far less painful.
Just out of curiosity, isn't that feasible today to implement some machine learning to stop spammers? Is there any project trying to come from this angle?
(For those unfamiliar with algoritms and code as solution, it's a reference to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/5ylndv/so_... )
Just out of curiosity, isn't that feasible today to implement some machine learning to stop spammers? Is there any project trying to come from this angle?
I had a strange idea about solving this problem: How about a micro-payment, something like $0.01, instead of solving a puzzle? In that case maybe you won't care if many bots login to your website. I think that I by this time I have the technology to make something like this work, I was wondering if this is a good solution though. What do you think?
Payment processing is nontrivial to set up, and doesn't make sense in a lot of contexts.
It might be worth considering a honeypot approach. E.g. having a field in the form that isn't visible for users that, when filled in, indicates that it is likely a SPAM submission. https://www.projecthoneypot.org/
I do this but I also put a javascript field that is already checked and js unchecks it. not great for no script users but pretty good for any random bot that is using curl or some other scripting language and doesn’t check your trap box.
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If it's for account signups just send an email confirmation link and possibly include a code in the email that has to be submitted manually as well.