Why is it that we have to type in those funny security words and letters whenever we want to sign up to anything? Why are they written in such an odd, skewed way they are hardly readable at all?
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Originally posted by Denny View PostWhy is it that we have to type in those funny security words and letters whenever we want to sign up to anything? Why are they written in such an odd, skewed way they are hardly readable at all? -
It's called captcha.
It's so that robots / screenscrapers etc. can't keep signing up automatically as they need some kind of manual check. I used to have it on my wiki, but I kept forgetting that I needed to type a word in each time, so gave up in the end.
Since no-one ever visits it, there wasn't much pointComment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostIt's called captcha.
It's so that robots / screenscarpers etc. can't keep signing up automatically as they need some kind of manual check. I used to have it on my wiki, but I kept forgetting that I needed to type a word in each time, so gave up in the end.
Since no-one ever visits it, there wasn't much pointComment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostIt's called captcha.
It's so that robots / screenscarpers etc. can't keep signing up automatically as they need some kind of manual check. I used to have it on my wiki, but I kept forgetting that I needed to type a word in each time, so gave up in the end.
Since no-one ever visits it, there wasn't much pointComment
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Originally posted by Denny View PostWhy is it that we have to type in those funny security words and letters whenever we want to sign up to anything? Why are they written in such an odd, skewed way they are hardly readable at all?
actually I dont think he did - r thread would have been in technical...Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postbut why does it have to bbe soooo difficult to read? usually takes me several goes...
I demoed a system to the Scottish Executive a couple of years back, and it took 10 attempts to log in. They suggested we make the images a bit easier to read.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postbut why does it have to bbe soooo difficult to read? usually takes me several goes...
Although some of them nowadays are quite ridiculous... and any serious spammer will devise ways around them, anyway.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostBecause if it was easy to read, a piece of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software would be able to read it, thereby defeating the whole purpose.
Although some of them nowadays are quite ridiculous... and any serious spammer will devise ways around them, anyway.
For security purposes - Please enter the sum of the day number and the month number eg Day = 6 + Month = 2
Enter 8 in the box!
Apologies in advance if this is a really stupid question!Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostIt's called captcha.
It's so that robots / screenscarpers etc. can't keep signing up automatically as they need some kind of manual check. I used to have it on my wiki, but I kept forgetting that I needed to type a word in each time, so gave up in the end.
Since no-one ever visits it, there wasn't much point
Did they think it would be read by the family cat then?Comment
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