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Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:25 pm
by josefnpat
Forum Registration:
Question What is 6 - 4?:
This question is a means of preventing automated form submissions by spambots.
I think this forum needs a captcha on registration, as opposed to this, considering how much stuff is being unearthed by the spambots :(

Specifically, recaptcha (by google). I saw this article a fews days ago, showing why just about anything other than recaptcha isn't very good:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503063_162- ... -a-gotcha/

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:46 pm
by Robin
josefnpat wrote:recaptcha (by google)
FYI, reCAPTCHA isn't by Google, they just bought it.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:10 pm
by thelinx
We used to have reCaptcha. We had more spam back then. The math question actually made the amount of spam lower.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:46 pm
by slime
Until now, that is.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:03 am
by Jasoco
Capcha doesn't always stop this stuff. We need to install the forum mod that was suggested in the official Spam thread over in the other place that you can't see unless you're a Löve Gold Forum Member™.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:42 am
by Robin
Jasoco wrote:things
Heresy!

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:46 am
by kikito
Jasoco wrote:<snip>
I don't know what Jasoco is talking about.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:38 am
by IMP1
Can we not have both (recaptcha and mathsy thing)? I mean the spam is getting a bit ridiculous and, of late, pornographic. Which is not on.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:20 pm
by bartbes
I knew I shouldn't have given Jasoco drugs..
and, of late, pornographic
So perhaps it's just people posting on-topic stuff then.

Re: Captcha on Forum Registration

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:25 pm
by thelinx
IMP1 wrote:Can we not have both (recaptcha and mathsy thing)?
Not possible with phpBB.