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Checkbox, checkbox spambot, and more powerful options for spam control?

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researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
6 years ago
694 posts
In the custom forms module we can use a checkbox template or a checkbox_spambot template.

I am using the latter, and it produces a checkbox that users can check to prove they are human. This does not deter an abundance of presumably human spammers using the contact form.

Can JR provide the option of a Captchca type test in simple custom forms module?

These sorts of checks on access are critical, and perhaps a greater range of options would be useful for many sites.


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/28/18 09:18:12AM
nate
@nate
6 years ago
917 posts
I don't believe we offer captcha anymore. If you'd like to sponsor a module, I'll let the team know.
michael
@michael
6 years ago
7,714 posts
If they are human and can check a checkbox, they can fill in a capture.
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
6 years ago
694 posts
michael:
If they are human and can check a checkbox, they can fill in a capture.

Yes, but it does require a little more thought, and should change every time it is used, so might be more effective.

Not much thought of course, and perhaps one of the great new uses of an AI will be a physical spambot that can scan a screen and then replicate human touch on a keyboard, using a mirror pad with keys that depress the corresponding keys.


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
michael
@michael
6 years ago
7,714 posts
one of the systems I've heard about for getting around the captcha is to outsource it to people looking for stuff. The spam bot shows the captcha to users looking for other things that dont require a captcha, then once they have filled in the captcha on behalf of the spam bot they are allowed to continue on their path while the spambot has passed the captcha.

The "are you human?" checkbox is added to the page after the page has been generated so it doesnt load for bots so they dont know to fill it out because its not there, so even thought it seams simple there is a lot going on behind the scenes.