OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi,
what I would like to know is what intention do have bots (the humans behind
the bots) to make useless entries into  blogs or - in my case - in signing
on to get a newsletter with non existent nonsense email addresses. The only
sense in that behavior I can think of is that there must be any kind of
forms where robots _do_ have any advantage from and all the other entries
(like in my newsletter) are just "collateral damages"
But up to now I couldn't imagine any sense behind that and couldn't find
anyone who could tell me. But I am sure you can!
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Keith Clarke
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. März 2011 21:39
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)
> 
> ...I concur, what great ideas:
> a) language-independent, random simple maths questions that humans need to
> understand;
> b) deliberate hidden password field to capture bots;
> c) obscure names for login fields to confuse bots;
> d) simple validation repeat fields.
> 
> I've learned so much about programming and logic from the creative bunch
of
> people on this list!
> Best,
> Keith..
> 
> On 6 Mar 2011, at 13:54, Medard wrote:
> 
> > Medard <liste.revo at medard.on-rev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> What are your thoughts about that?
> >
> > Thank you for all your responses!
> >
> > Me too, i dislike Captchas, and I am glad of your suggestions!
> >
> > Medard
> >
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