[wp-forums] Support forum registration now has a re-captcha on it

[Daniel Fenn]

 No, just don't use questions like 1+1 or what colour is the sky kind of
thing :) (I'm trying hard to not sound like a smartass :( )


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Simon Prosser <pross at pross.org.uk> wrote:

> what like engrish? lol
>
> On 8 January 2013 01:38, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Q&A like I said before, just make sure that the question is hard for
> > bots to understand
> >
> > On 1/8/13, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >> I know, but dammit, this is ridiculous.
> >>
> >> Alternative approach suggestions would be welcome.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the brevity and typos, sent from my phone.
> >> On Jan 7, 2013 6:48 PM, "Mika A Epstein" <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> This is a sad, sad day :(
> >>>
> >>> Otto wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't doubt it, but I'm watching the numbers and it's in a form I
> can
> >>>> easily alter later and try new approaches.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry for the brevity and typos, sent from my phone.
> >>>> On Jan 7, 2013 5:59 PM, "Daniel Fenn"<danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Otto,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't want to upset you on this but I head that every CAPTCHA has
> >>>>> been
> >>>>> broken and the only one that will do the job well is one of those Q&A
> >>>>> type
> >>>>> CAPTCHA.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (Source phpbb offical forums)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Otto<otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In an effort to combat the rising tide of spam made by fake user
> >>>>>> accounts, I've added a ReCAPTCHA to the /support forum registration
> >>>>>> page. This should at least slow it down for a while, and perhaps
> >>>>>> reduce the number of false user registrations we've been seeing
> (500+
> >>>>>> per hour).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'll be monitoring it for problems. Let me know if you spot any
> >>>>>> issues.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -Otto
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