characters you see in the image

[DYLAN150]

When trying to login to some site's, you read this message below.

For security purposes, please type the characters you see in the image below to complete the form.

The real problem is, lot of time's you can't read the words or letters in the block. Sometimes it
it takes me three times to get login. It is such a waste of time. I wonder why some sites made it near impossible to get login?

[ValleYum]

The Captcha puzzles? Blame them on 'Click-farms', spam posters, and automated loaders used to register spammers and incessantly post on sites. Also used by site owners to avoid those registering to merely post links for advertising items ranging from Viagra (without a prescription even!) to Ugg boots.



The above Captcha from Tiny Pic is pretty easy to read but they all typically have an audio alternative. I use that a lot!

[kjrmom911]

You think typing the characters is hard, you ought to try the sound option. It is impossible to figure out what they are saying.

[ValleYum]

You think typing the characters is hard, you ought to try the sound option. It is impossible to figure out what they are saying.

Isn't funny how people are different? I think it is easier to listen sometimes rather than try to figure out if a character is the number 1 versus a lower case letter l.

[LadyInTheRed]

It was recently mentioned in a news story that people buying concert tickets complain about that a lot. When some concerts sell out within minutes of going on sale, people get really angry when they are waisting their time trying to read the text. As the 'bots used by scalpers are improved, the text has to become more difficult to read.

[DYLAN150]

I tried the sound and it sounds like a hallowen record.

[dgtxpride]

Some day, AI will be advanced enough and the CAPTCHAs will be so ridiculously obscure that only bots will be able to pass and post things.

[BankruptcyB]

Unfortunately when you run a website captchas are a must-have. There are dozens of tools that allow shady internet marketers to publish dozens of SPAM entries on your form and captchas are the only way to fight that.