Recaptcha is an awesome idea, Google should get in on it. - jake
On 10/23/07, Guy Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alexandre Plennevaux wrote: > > a much more safe way is to use a very obvious "email" input field that you > > hide via CSS. Then you check on the serverside, if that field has received a > > value, then it's most probably a bot, because normal users won't see it, > > thus not fill it in. of course, not perfect not either since screenreaders > > will have it displayed. But i heard it's possible to control and hide stuff > > for screenreaders. > > > > > Even that won't work - spammers will often post a comment manually and > watch the HTTP traffic using something like Ethereal to see exactly what > gets sent to the server. Then they just grab that and automate the > process and voila, comment spam! > > You'd do much better to use something like re-captcha: http://recaptcha.net/ > > Guy >
