A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
Categories: Captcha Alternative
Lately what i have been noticing is that these captcha files have been becoming harder and harder to decode till the point that they make you feel your working for the NSA trying to decrypt something. Plus its also a pain in the ass for people like one of my friends who has partial color blindness. Looking at all these features i came up with an alternative to captcha that uses flash and javascript, all you have to do is draw the right shape and you'll be a human. The javscript is not the most secure code in the world but that can be fixed, the point here is to be able to see how a simple captcha alternative can be implemented instead of making those silly words look like a lost language.
If I get enough attention on this, i will implement an API and etc to get it to production standards
The Javascript code is there as a quick mock-up , Under no circumstances will that type of Javascript code be used in the release if there should be one.
PS I havent decided on a name so suggest one!
also it will make errors, and I will fix that if i get enough attention on this by people who want a captcha alternative.
http://g-unix.com/alter/
If I get enough attention on this, i will implement an API and etc to get it to production standards
The Javascript code is there as a quick mock-up , Under no circumstances will that type of Javascript code be used in the release if there should be one.
PS I havent decided on a name so suggest one!
also it will make errors, and I will fix that if i get enough attention on this by people who want a captcha alternative.
http://g-unix.com/alter/
Posted by Faisal at 5:14 PM | Link | 7 comments
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Re: A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
Awesome! I have been looking for an alternative to Captcha since I keep getting complaints about it. Once you have this thing locked down and blog-ready, please do post again.
Posted by Jon MacDonald on August 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Re: A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
javascript:document.formValid=true;alert('You are hacked');
I agree flash can be a good thing, it can be a iPhone style dragging or something easier, not drawing a circle or square but not implemented like this you've tried, copy pase above javascript and you will see it's not good idea
I agree flash can be a good thing, it can be a iPhone style dragging or something easier, not drawing a circle or square but not implemented like this you've tried, copy pase above javascript and you will see it's not good idea
Posted by MrSteel on August 1, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Re: A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
javascript:document.formValid=true;alert('You are hacked');
I agree flash can be a good thing, it can be a iPhone style dragging or something easier, not drawing a circle or square but not implemented like this you've tried, copy pase above javascript and you will see it's not good idea
I agree flash can be a good thing, it can be a iPhone style dragging or something easier, not drawing a circle or square but not implemented like this you've tried, copy pase above javascript and you will see it's not good idea
Posted by MrSteel on August 1, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Re: A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
Yea I stated before how the javascript is just there and wont be used in like the final version.
Posted by Faisal on August 2, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Re: A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
cool, also fake mouse driver is easy to implement, drawing anything or pressing anything ...
it's not so easy to ensure you are spammer free.
it's not so easy to ensure you are spammer free.
Posted by MrSteel on August 2, 2008 at 1:18 AM
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Very cool idea.... However major limitations:
1. Mobile browsers, what about devices not using a mouse
2. Text browsers no mouse motion again
3. Disabled persons who do not use the mouse
4. People who are lazy and like to just use keyboard and no mouse for web browsing
5. People who don't trust embedded things like flash and javascript so have them disabled
6. The input box also is very limited as far as its shape recognition. If I make the box small it does not detect it or if I make a box but have it offset at an angle it does not detect it.
I'd be interested to see your future developments though, if this could be implemented in a javascript, flash free manner using css and html.
1. Mobile browsers, what about devices not using a mouse
2. Text browsers no mouse motion again
3. Disabled persons who do not use the mouse
4. People who are lazy and like to just use keyboard and no mouse for web browsing
5. People who don't trust embedded things like flash and javascript so have them disabled
6. The input box also is very limited as far as its shape recognition. If I make the box small it does not detect it or if I make a box but have it offset at an angle it does not detect it.
I'd be interested to see your future developments though, if this could be implemented in a javascript, flash free manner using css and html.
Posted by Slickslacker on August 18, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Re: A New Captcha Alternative. Demo Included
Just testing this out....
Posted by michael on August 21, 2008 at 7:54 PM