Why do some website ask you to type in the characters seen in this box. They can be a combo or numbers and letters and usually in weird positions and have weird fonts as well. Is it a secretury mesure
2007-02-20 01:49:15 · 10 answers · asked by PalmBeachNative 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yes, it is a security measure. Some websites/forums are spammed by automatic programs known as "bots". As programs (and bots) can't read graphical content, they wouldn't know what those boxes say, and thus won't be able to post spam.
2007-02-20 01:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a security feature to ensure that no automated form filling programs can enter the site. Those site usually contain some private information. The random number and letter combo box is used to deter people from using an automation tool to enter the site. These automated tools can do everything you do to the page. Some people just to be mean can autofill hundreds of thousands of entries automatically, their computer will just keep making entries on its own and signing up user after user. To prevent this they put in the random letter number box and ask a user to enter the letters and numbers seen. An automated tool usually cannot recognize the letters presented. And therefore cannot fill out that crucial final peice to finish the page. Although there are ways around the box it is still commonly used.
2007-02-20 01:56:41 · answer #2 · answered by fenderjonesy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a security measure to keep people from using a computer to automatically access the website to place orders, register for something, etc. A computer will be unable to "see" the word found in the box and type it in, therefore unable to complete the transaction.
2007-02-20 01:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by Doug H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont press the alt f4, he's just some infant attempting to make your computing device restart. For the information on yahoo nevertheless, no person is conscious while that's going to be lower back up certainly, and there is many thoughts going around from different makes use of of why its down, maximum of them i do no longer think of are actual. Yahoo themselves have not released any assistance directly to why the rooms are down. all people is having an identical subject nevertheless do no longer difficulty. Im advantageous they gets it lower back up as quickly they might.
2016-11-24 20:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by bleau 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with security but I think it's mainly because of the format in which information is laid out on their site. This is to ensure that your PC is able to read text that will be included on the site. If you are unable to decipher the characters then you would not be able to read what's presented.
Hope this clears it up.
2007-02-20 01:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Slim Shady 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So people with malicious intent aren't able to create accounts over & over by creating a program that can fill in the forms. Programs aren't able to read the text.
2007-02-20 01:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just in case some spambot can easily type in something and submit it. This is a security measure.
2007-02-20 01:55:35 · answer #7 · answered by edward w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. they do that because sometimes people set their computers to do things for them automatically, but the computer doesn't know what to do with those. usually there is a box next to it that says: "Why do i have to do this?" u can read that
2007-02-20 01:54:55 · answer #8 · answered by wakeupcall 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a security measure as machines i.e other computers can not see the code to copy. Therfore they know you are human!
2007-02-20 01:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by Harpo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it deals with security idk really why it does that though
2007-02-20 01:52:15 · answer #10 · answered by Shawing 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋