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  • Mutt
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Sep 2002
    • 34431

    #1

    What's The Name Of The Security Thing ...

    i've forgotten the term for that security feature on many websites where you have to type in the letters/numbers you see on a little image to go further - one of you smarter chimps must know it. spit it out!
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  • candyflip
    Carpe Visio
    • Jul 2002
    • 43069

    #2
    The name is one the tip of my tongue right now, but I can't pin it down.

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    • Wiggles
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • May 2004
      • 14423

      #3
      shit its on the tip of my tongue but can't spit it out for the life of me, though i've seen a few different names.
      no sig

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      • azguy
        Confirmed User
        • Nov 2004
        • 5167

        #4
        Originally posted by Mutt
        i've forgotten the term for that security feature on many websites where you have to type in the letters/numbers you see on a little image to go further - one of you smarter chimps must know it. spit it out!
        A Turing Test

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        • azguy
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2004
          • 5167

          #5
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

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          • candyflip
            Carpe Visio
            • Jul 2002
            • 43069

            #6
            Originally posted by azguy
            A Turing Test
            B-I-N-G-O

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            • azguy
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2004
              • 5167

              #7
              And my girlfriend says I'm not useful! Heh!

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              • azguy
                Confirmed User
                • Nov 2004
                • 5167

                #8
                Actually my mom used to say this also... Damn women.

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                • jigg
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 2527

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Mutt
                  i've forgotten the term for that security feature on many websites where you have to type in the letters/numbers you see on a little image to go further - one of you smarter chimps must know it. spit it out!

                  it's called CAPTCHA system
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                  • Mutt
                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                    • Sep 2002
                    • 34431

                    #10
                    Originally posted by jigg
                    it's called CAPTCHA system
                    that's the one i knew and forgot. Turing test is new to me.

                    thanks.
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                    • Steen2
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 7662

                      #11
                      Image verification? lol
                      ICQ: 2262.73945

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                      • jigg
                        Confirmed User
                        • Feb 2002
                        • 2527

                        #12
                        no idea what a turning test is


                        i spent a week trying to put a CAPTCHA on a blog, bad ass

                        if you do get a captcha, make sure it has some sort of distortion to the font and it's using alpha/numeric stuff, because from what i know spammers have been able to figure it out, or at least the simpler versions of it
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                        • Varius
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 6890

                          #13
                          Originally posted by jigg
                          no idea what a turning test is


                          i spent a week trying to put a CAPTCHA on a blog, bad ass

                          if you do get a captcha, make sure it has some sort of distortion to the font and it's using alpha/numeric stuff, because from what i know spammers have been able to figure it out, or at least the simpler versions of it
                          They just need some OCR (optical character recognition) software and isn't too hard if you just create simple images (no bg noise, no arcs, only one font....).

                          Then again, if they are too complicated your visitors won't figure them out either.

                          Balance is the key
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