I have an unrelated (on web2py's side) website that uses captchas from google and bots are successfully registering to it (of course, they need to be approved first but it's a PITA to remove them anyway). There are captcha services that decode the images for you (and your bot).
I'm working on a threaded comments plugin on my spare time and for spam prevention I just add some hidden fields that needs javascript to be filled. Given that bots running javascript code are a little percentage, this should mitigate the issue (at least, a similar technique on the aforementioned site is keeping spambots away). Small problem, though, users with javascript disabled are left alone. If that is fine, I can share the draft code (was waiting to complete the plugin before posting to github and here, but if needed that's not a big deal) On Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:37:26 PM UTC+2, Alan Etkin wrote: > > Is it possible these are not being posted by bots? > > > It would take a very smart bot to pass captcha (no?). Maybe it is possible > to change type of captcha used (i.e. random visual tests like those of > arithmetics with objects, etc.)?. I'm clueless about authentication beyond > the built-in web2py features but I can help running tests against the > web2pyslices app if needed. > > If so, we might need another tactic, such as requiring that a new user's >> first post be approved by a moderator. > > > +1 > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
