You know on some websites, when you are entering your user ID and password details and the website then shows you a string of jumbled up letters and numbers (like HWB5Y7 or something) - in most cases they look all messy - what is this for and why is is used? Thanks in advance!
2007-12-19 20:20:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
It checks to see if you are human. So far no program can do that (understand the symbols in the box). What really gets me mad tho is .... when I fail it more than one time!
-This does help well in preventing the "bots" and their ads. If you ever been in a Yahoo chat room before the verification process, you'd know what I meant.
2007-12-19 20:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by upright n breathin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
thats CAPTCHA. it's use to prevent spam and make sure the one entering information is a real human because there are "robots" in the net that automatically input data on forms but they cant read this characters. in short..its an additional security to your site
2007-12-20 04:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by cool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Captcha is the primary supplier of that technology. It is used to prevent computerized robots from spamming or automatically entering information in the protected areas.
2007-12-20 04:24:09 · answer #3 · answered by Missy A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its called a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) and it's so programs can't go through the authorization process over and over creating fake accounts and spam.
2007-12-20 04:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by th3fish 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's to make sure you are a human and not a bot trying to register on the site
2007-12-20 04:23:03 · answer #5 · answered by Hugh_G_Rection 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
captcha...to check if you're human, not a monkey
2007-12-20 04:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋