this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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This is just an idea, but I see that some instance prevent bots from bypassing the registration step by asking unexpected questions like "are you human?". Apparently this is the type of question that can easily discern a human answer from a chatGPT answer. So what if the admin of an instance changed the question asked for registration application every few days? Something like " What did you hit for break f4st? " would give bot proof applications and the answers would likely give the admin a good laugh. Not 100% effective of course, but would help for the time being.

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[–] authed@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You can have a hidden form element and if an answer is present you know it's a bot... Thats what I do on my site and it works pretty well.. pretty easy to bypass though if you are a big target

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

pretty easy to bypass though if you are a big target

Yup - some bots might detect honeypotting, so you'd need to change it every few days.

[–] ekZeno@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not an expert but this seems a cool way to handle Bots, not regarding something they're unable to do but something they do too well 😏👌

[–] kurogane@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago