07-25-2018, 04:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2018, 04:58 AM by Amberlicious.)
How difficult would it be to simply add a Google Captcha to the registration form?? All those manual questions are relatively easy for bots to bypass. Add a Google reCaptcha2 and you stop 99% of fake accounts.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about this is the 'I'm not a robot' checkbox that then takes you to things like 'Select all squares with street signs or car or busses or store fronts; and so forth
Just to follow up I found this:
https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/administration/spam/
From the official documentation of the forum (link above):
"CAPTCHA Images for Registration & Posting
In Admin CP > Configuration > General Configuration, a visual CAPTCHA challenge can be configured from a variety of options.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about this is the 'I'm not a robot' checkbox that then takes you to things like 'Select all squares with street signs or car or busses or store fronts; and so forth
Just to follow up I found this:
https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/administration/spam/
From the official documentation of the forum (link above):
"CAPTCHA Images for Registration & Posting
In Admin CP > Configuration > General Configuration, a visual CAPTCHA challenge can be configured from a variety of options.
- No CAPTCHA, in which the visual CAPTCHA challenge is disabled. This is not recommended, as disabling the CAPTCHA Images makes it much easier for automated systems to post spam.
- MyBB Default CAPTCHA, in which a PHP GD captcha is generated. This can often be passed by automated systems and usually should not be used.
- reCAPTCHA, which displays a “ReCAPTCHA” challenge; signup is required at Google’s ReCAPTCHA site to get the Public and Private keys that must be configured.
- NoCAPTCHA reCAPTCHA, which displays the latest version of reCAPTCHA, in which a user simply clicks a checkbox to continue, or as a fallback must complete a simple picture-selection challenge; signup is required at [Google’s ReCAPTCHA site](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html to get the Public and Private keys that must be configured."
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