Register captcha very hard

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viblo
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Register captcha very hard

#1 Post by viblo »

I just registered on the forum and I had to try 5+ times to get the captcha/confirmation code right! Now that I refresh the reg page a couple of times it seems like I had a bit of misfortune for my first 5 tries, but anyway. I think it definitely stops people from register on the forum.
(I have a nice good monitor, an ok vision and Im not color blind)

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Geoff the Medio
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Re: Register captcha very hard

#2 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Unfortunately, a difficult captcha is necessary to prevent a flood of spam bot postings to the forum.

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Adrian
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#3 Post by Adrian »

I hear you OP. Algorithms have reached a point where they nearly match human capabilities in solving these distorted words. Services like reCAPTCHA had to up the ante so much, that there will soon be a need for a different approach, as humans find it increasingly difficult to solve them.

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Re: Register captcha very hard

#4 Post by AndrewW »

Some Captcha schemes implement an option to have an audio one instead, this might help.

Another option could be approval of a new users first post before it is seen.

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