An alternative to captcha

Bout bloody time. hope its not too annoying. there are several sites I had to stop visiting because i cant see the darn captchas.


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We’ve all been there. No matter how good your vision is, if you spend any amount of time on a computer, you’ve had at least one experience of not being able to read what the heck those garbled inhuman words on those CAPTCHA screens are supposed to be. Now, a company called Are You a Human, is looking for a new standard that will alleviate frustration from both website owners and end users. The company has released an authentication tool called PlayThru. Instead of trying to decipher the hidden words, players complete a very simple game – such as dragging and dropping toppings onto a pizza – to verify that they are not some sort of automated bot trying to cripple the website’s servers with bogus requests. Quicken Loans is among the biggest clients that Are You a Human has signed on so far. It says more than 2 million ‘authentication games’ have been processes to date. “Text-based CAPTCHAs are difficult to decipher and easy to break, which forces them to become increasingly more difficult to solve. This vicious cycle makes it frustrating for users, who many times will give up before following through to a site,” the company’s COO Reid Tatoris was quoted as saying. According to Are You a Human, around 20% of online users will leave a site when they encounter the dreaded CAPTCHA. It hopes that the PlayThru standard will retain those users.

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Spot

Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.

Whats PA?

SOB

I can think of a good one for porn sites

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am:

Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.

You use them on this board too, I think. They're great.

muso wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:50am:

freediver wrote on May 23rd, 2012 at 8:24am: Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think. You use them on this board too, I think. They're great.

When?

Where??

....what are these spamfruit things I don't believe I've come across on this site?

  :-?

Further - can they be used to invoke the "totally excellent/iron maiden" rule of THREAD STARTER MODERATES THE THREAD HE STARTED! (??)

**I think I speak for all of us when I say this would be most excellent if it could be done!!**

--------->>WE ARE WYLD STALYUNS!!  :-?  ::)  ;) ;) ;)  ;D  :-?

.............. PLEASE RUFUS!??!

Try creating a new account here, and behold my spamfruits.

bobbythefap1 wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:38am:

I can think of a good one for porn sites

Are there porn sites on the internet?

Uncle Meat wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 10:39pm:

bobbythefap1 wrote on May 23rd, 2012 at 9:38am: I can think of a good one for porn sites Are there porn sites on the internet?

Is the Pope Catholic?

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am:

Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.

What is PA?

BTW spamfruits isnt really a game though. I liked it though. the bots will find a way through eventually - they always do.

SOB

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 24^th, 2012 at 9:26am:

freediver wrote on May 23rd, 2012 at 8:24am: Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think. What is PA? BTW spamfruits isnt really a game though. I liked it though. the bots will find a way through eventually - they always do. SOB

The point is that it's very easy to change that script. if bots eventually get through, you just need to change the picture of the fruits and the names of the fruits. You could even change it to animals or birds. Click on the Galah. Click on the Ostrich - that would work. 

PA is another forum.

I was going to go with images of politicians - eg click on the gay one (brown). But i couldn't be bothered.

muso wrote on May 24^th, 2012 at 10:59am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 24th, 2012 at 9:26am: freediver wrote on May 23rd, 2012 at 8:24am: Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think. What is PA? BTW spamfruits isnt really a game though. I liked it though. the bots will find a way through eventually - they always do. SOB The point is that it's very easy to change that script. if bots eventually get through, you just need to change the picture of the fruits and the names of the fruits. You could even change it to animals or birds. Click on the Galah. Click on the Ostrich - that would work.

I have a capcha that bots are getting through ATM. Its very annoying. I am going to have to change it again.

SOB

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:14pm:

Try creating a new account here, and behold my spamfruits.

No need: I haven't been kicked off for ages!

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 6:21pm:

freediver wrote on May 23rd, 2012 at 9:14pm: Try creating a new account here, and behold my spamfruits. No need: I haven't been kicked off for ages!

You must be the forum mascot  ;)

Uncle Meat wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 10:39pm:

bobbythefap1 wrote on May 23rd, 2012 at 9:38am: I can think of a good one for porn sites Are there porn sites on the internet?

No that's just an urban legend

just had a look @ your memberlist freediver and looks like you have same problem i have with bots getting through your "security". I dunno how they do it - perhaps there are actual humans out there doing this crap.

SOB

Awesome idea