For example, when you are trying to buy tickets on Ticketmaster you choose the amount of tickets, click submit, then they ask you to type in random letters with lines criss crossing them and then submit. What do they do?
2006-10-10 07:48:21 · 3 answers · asked by hfacto 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
That is a test to verify that you are human and not some automated script program that will try and spam/abuse the system.
2006-10-10 07:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by the redcuber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a security check, just to ensure that u r nt using nything apart from a comp to acess their site. also, it ensures that u r the genuine sender of information. the code gets registered to ur ip address and ut particular comp address.
2006-10-10 14:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by slmanl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a security measure to make sure a live person is filling in the data, not a bot or some program.
2006-10-10 14:56:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋