Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 10:18 AM
#1
Hey there, since there are kinda a lot of bots posting stuff in the forum I thought. that a captcha (recaptcha or something) would be nice to at least kind of prevent this.
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RE: Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 10:20 AM
#2
We do have Captcha, though we'll be adding more protections soon. Currently there's some kinks with the upgrade I'm still ironing out, but protections will come next.
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RE: Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 10:25 AM
#3
(07-02-2019, 10:20 AM)Oni Wrote: We do have Captcha, though we'll be adding more protections soon. Currently there's some kinks with the upgrade I'm still ironing out, but protections will come next.Makes me very happy to hear this!
Ransomware is more about manipulating vulnerabilities in human psychology than the adversary’s technological sophistication.
RE: Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 12:02 PM
#5
It's effectiveness, depends on the nature of the CAPTCHA.
For Instance, If It's based on viewing a 20 second video and entering a caption (series of words) In the video Itself to solve It, then It'll be very effective Indeed. In fact, It'll more than likely prevent almost every bot from registering.
For Instance, If It's based on viewing a 20 second video and entering a caption (series of words) In the video Itself to solve It, then It'll be very effective Indeed. In fact, It'll more than likely prevent almost every bot from registering.
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RE: Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 12:16 PM
#6
(07-02-2019, 10:25 AM)Tracefl0w Wrote:(07-02-2019, 10:20 AM)Oni Wrote: We do have Captcha, though we'll be adding more protections soon. Currently there's some kinks with the upgrade I'm still ironing out, but protections will come next.Makes me very happy to hear this!
It was supposed to happen much sooner, but due to the extremities had to change priorities.
RE: Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 08:21 PM
#7
Depends on the type of captcha, I'm guessing. Lots of CAPTCHA services can easily be "bypassed", usually it's like $1 per 1k captcha solves. My old website was flooded with bots, even though I had ReCaptcha in use. You just get the site's CAPTCHA key and site key and attach it to the "bypass" service.
Could be wrong, though.
Could be wrong, though.
RE: Captcha to register 07-02-2019, 08:56 PM
#8
I believe the methods Oni was looking to implement in future go beyond simple captchas but I can't say I'd know more than that. In the meantime, please ensure you are not replying to bot posts but are reporting them so staff can remove them.
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RE: Captcha to register 07-03-2019, 05:15 AM
#9
(07-02-2019, 08:56 PM)Jiggly Wrote: In the meantime, please ensure you are not replying to bot posts but are reporting them so staff can remove them.
This ^
I've lost count as to the number of replies to bots, without being reported. I've banned around five this week alone.
RE: Captcha to register 07-03-2019, 04:15 PM
#10
Just do me a favor and don't implement some contraption that will end up filtering real users among bots. So many captchas are seriously annoying nowadays. The medal goes to Battleforums which asked me which game a font was from as a security question, as if I was supposed to know. Despite guessing it right, I was rejected due to a connection error which conveniently said I gave the wrong answer. Then the admin had the nerve to give me attitude when I sent several emails asking for help with his confusing bullshit, like his choice to make a dysfunctional registration process was my fucking fault to begin with.
Don't be that guy.
Don't be that guy.
