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Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby Smadje » Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:57

I just wanted to ask, what's happening lately? Often times when I check our forum there are fake accounts posting advertisments.
Is there anything that can be done to prevent this? :)
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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby DMG_Kowi » Wed Jan 06, 2016 13:46

It was mentioned in this topic viewtopic.php?f=114&t=11656 and as Warren stated this is only the peak of an iceberg that gets through the filters.

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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby ckEy » Wed Jan 06, 2016 14:06

We can deactivate these accounts and introduce captcha upon registration. Be it normal captcha or the sort you get on webchat.freenode.net (Google one). We might have one already, don't know. Can help with the implementation.

EDIT from a pc: The google captcha, https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html
It is not based on alphanumberic characters ridiculously curved and damaged so that not even human can read them, rather it is based on a common sense categorization of items (pick all cows from 9 images, for instance). Unless they know a 0day in phpbb allowing them to skip it, it shouldn't be that easy to pass.
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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby DMG_Kowi » Wed Jan 06, 2016 17:48

It's been tested that algorithms have better efficiency with solving standard captchas (distorted alphanumerics) than humans. So yes, second option please.

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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby Dr Zoidberg » Fri Jan 08, 2016 15:04

Perhaps one of these will do?

http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/up ... aptcha.png

https://www.hallaminternet.com/assets/CAPTCHA-Game.jpg

i kinda like the idea of flying pigs... alot of good things will happen to me when they do, I've been told!
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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby ckEy » Fri Jan 08, 2016 15:17

Dr Zoidberg wrote:Perhaps one of these will do?

http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/up ... aptcha.png

https://www.hallaminternet.com/assets/CAPTCHA-Game.jpg

i kinda like the idea of flying pigs... alot of good things will happen to me when they do, I've been told!


I love this one http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/up ... aptcha.png
We should make that one happen ASAP! xd
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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby Troyan » Fri Jan 08, 2016 15:47

ckEy wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:Perhaps one of these will do?

http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/up ... aptcha.png

https://www.hallaminternet.com/assets/CAPTCHA-Game.jpg

i kinda like the idea of flying pigs... alot of good things will happen to me when they do, I've been told!


I love this one http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/up ... aptcha.png
We should make that one happen ASAP! xd


And delate Cow's account !!!!!!!! :idea: :idea: :idea: Agree :P
He will be forced to create another 1 :lol:

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Re: Increase in fake profiles posting advertisements

Postby SpyCow » Fri Jan 08, 2016 15:57

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