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lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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i ❤ demo
a lot of robots have been registering here lately. i think i might make one of those stupid image validation steps in the registration process.

luckily none of them have figured out how to post yet. :D
phi_'s avatar
18 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
... how does those kinds of bots work anyway?
asemisldkfj's avatar
18 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
it was only a matter of time :(. I imagine they just try submitting common form variable names and types to common php filenames like new_thread.php or something. maybe they analyze the form code on different pages, who knows.