A captcha and forced registration still isn't stopping robot spam

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I'm using the phpdug template at http://fantasybookmark.com and there's still spam coming through. What additional steps should I take? Is recaptcha THAT much better than the captcha system in place here?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

It is common secret that bots easily pass reCAPTCHA. You can find references and code for this by internet searching, but do not use google since it bought reCAPTCHA and suppresses such searches

Even if not, reCAPTCHA does not protect from automatic engagement of sweat shops (on failing to automatically circumvent reCAPTCHA) integrated in many professional spam bots. That is, nothing in it prevents to screenshot reCAPTCHA and pass it for solution to 3d party human solvers. See my other answer on it

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '10 at 02:19

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The captcha you have there is extremely weak... very easy for a program like teseract to break. And yes, ReCAPTCHA is a much better quality CAPTCHA.

answered Sep 23 '10 at 02:19

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Appreciate it - going to attempt to implement recaptcha – Bob Cavezza Sep 23 '10 at 02:21

A captcha and forced registration still isn't stopping robot spam

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