this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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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
Yup - some bots might detect honeypotting, so you'd need to change it every few days.
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 😏👌
That's clever