#22545 closed Bug (duplicate)
Ticket spam catcher doesn't validate me as human (and does arithmetic wrong)
| Reported by: | Owned by: | nobody | |
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| Component: | *.djangoproject.com | Version: | 1.6 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Accepted | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
The captcha spam catcher thing told me I'm not human when I gave "0" as the answer to
"seven plus 3 multiplied by zero"
Then I thought perhaps it expected words for the answer and started answering these queries in words.
Then I thought perhaps it expected parens around the addition in the first case, ....
After four answers with different theories as to how the engine does its arithmetic and expects answers, I gave up (and forgot why I was here in the first place).
This complaint will also probably fail ...
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 10 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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| Type: | Uncategorized → Bug |
comment:2 by , 10 years ago
| Component: | Documentation → *.djangoproject.com |
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| Resolution: | → duplicate |
| Status: | new → closed |
comment:3 by , 10 years ago
I guess this is one of the problems when you use math as a CAPTCHA. "Seven plus three multiplied by zero" is 7, *not* zero.
comment:4 by , 10 years ago
It's still more difficult for a human than for a computer :-(
I wish we had a better solution, or fewer than a thousand daily spam attempts.
Duplicate of #22067