• (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup
    CoyneTheDup:
    Apparently, software on the browser watches how the user moves the mouse to the check box ... and that's how they tell. Robots don't move jerkily?

    Most of the time, a bot will make the mouse jump instantly. In cases where a bot is programmed to actually "move" the cursor, the programming generally tends toward a straight line. Humans can't really move the cursor in a perfectly straight line or make the cursor jump hundreds of pixels at a time (unless you have your mouse speed really high).

    Could you get around it? Almost certainly. Is it worth it? I'm sure there's someone out there who would say it is.

  • (disco) in reply to abarker

    Since the solution is almost certainly Javascript based, I'd think the easy way around it would be to subvert the function that returns true/human versus false/not. I suspect they'll find it weak in the end.

  • (disco) in reply to boomzilla
    boomzilla:
    Do you guys know some other Kansas jokes we could use instead?

    You could repurpose Polack jokes: "How do you get a one-armed Kansack out of a tree? Wave to him."

  • (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup

    Send an Ajax request onmousemove. What could possibli go wrong?

  • (disco) in reply to abarker
    abarker:
    make the cursor jump hundreds of pixels at a time

    Touchscreens?

  • (disco) in reply to aliceif
    aliceif:
    >abarker: make the cursor jump hundreds of pixels at a time

    Touchscreens?

    Actually it's pretty easy to move the mouse a couple hundred pixels at a time if you're moving cross-screen; you can demonstrate this in MS Paint.

  • (disco) in reply to kylehutson
    kylehutson:
    Now we're talking good Kansas jokes. Ones that aren't as old as a Dino. (obscure references FTW)

    Yeah, we just about hit 1971. But I hear the voices say don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.

  • (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup
    CoyneTheDup:
    Since the solution is almost certainly Javascript based

    Probably a bit - but I'd expect a bit of remote analysis of timing or something too. Something that keeps the actual tricks (more) secret. At a guess, I'd say it monitors your timing through the form, compares to other people doing the same form, and allows you to proceed with the checkbox if you have similar form filling skills to other people.

  • (disco)

    I'm surprised no one mentioned this yet.

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