Tag Archives: Security

Registration Forms Suck, Let’s Mitigate Suckiness

By Zach Leatherman | Published: January 10, 2009
A lot of people complain about registration forms. Some people have suggested getting rid of them altogether, allowing users to utilize login credentials from accounts they already have through OpenID. But registration forms aren't going away. How can we make them more friendly?
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Obscurity, Security, and Captcha

By Zach Leatherman | Published: November 1, 2007
On Ajaxian recently, there have been a few posts touting new and inventive replacements for the more traditional distorted and discolored “What does this image say?” Captcha gatekeeper for your web form. Of course these are all intended to provide a mechanism to tell the difference between an automated web bot that is spamming your [...]
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