Questions tagged [captcha]
A CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a person.
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Can we do better than CAPTCHA?
There are a variety of different forms of CAPTCHA and other strategies in order to prevent spam. To briefly list a few:
Simple math or word questions.
Obfuscated text.
JavaScript-based CAPTCHAs.
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Does Captcha Really Affect UX?
From my own personal experience, I don't like CAPTCHA when filling a form, especially encountering unrecognizable picture or calculation-required one.
When I submit some advises to the website, it's ...
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CAPTCHA on mobile: what are the alternatives?
From a UX perspective, CAPTCHA's are bad, bad, bad.
But let's say we have this as a requirement. And it's for a hybrid app (compiled app, but built upon an HTML5 platform).
I'm trying to find out:
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Is there an easier and more user friendly alternative to CAPTCHA?
I'm working on setting up a CAPTCHA on a project, and just thought about the user experience of it. I personally find them tedious, especially if they're too difficult.
Even these are pretty easy ...
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Accessibility and CAPTCHAs
I want to include a CAPTCHA in my web application, but I also want to make sure that my web application is accessible to individuals with impairments or disabilities. How should I go about doing that?...
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barebone registration: is password repitition and captcha really essential?
If you design a barebone registration form which only requires
email address and password as essentials can you omit the password repetition and captcha without too much technical trouble?
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"Typocaptcha" - an alternative to CAPTCHA? [closed]
We all hate CAPTCHAs, but to some applications they're a necessary evil. Today I wondered if there's a better alternative we just haven't thought of yet. I considered the dilemma: how do you create ...
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Honeypot captchas and accessibility
I have been looking at ways to prevent spam bots from posting, regstering and performing actions on my site.
Initially, I thought about implementing ReCAPTCHA using its API. However, I have found ...
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Should password field be cleared if Captcha is wrongly entered?
On registration screen there are 3 fields: Email, Password and Captcha.
User has entered valid email and password but has entered wrong Captcha.
Here an error message specific to the wrong Captcha ...
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Has Captcha become common knowledge?
I am doing a business site for a web company, and was wondering if Captcha has become so well-known, that it no longer needs an explanation ?
Right now there is only a input box, the captcha image ...
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Asirra or Captcha?
I've just heard about "Asirra" and tried it. But, I am a little bit confusing about using. What is your choice for usability?
Asirra or CAPTCHA, and why?
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How to handle different recaptcha errors on the frontend?
I am using recaptcha v2 invisible on my Nuxt SSR website with the help of this module
I added it to my login, signup, forgot password and reset password pages
3 Recaptcha Error Conditions
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