Hey All

Am 10.05.21 um 14:44 schrieb Alexander Kurilo via internals:
> On 09/05/2021 09:48, Joe Watkins wrote:
>> Morning internals,
>>
>> We have a spam problem on bugsnet, it's not a new problem. Nikita had to
>> waste time deleting 20 odd messages from bugsnet yesterday and this is a
>> common, daily occurrence. We clearly don't have time for this.
>>
>> Quite aside from spam problems, bugsnet is hidden away in a dark
>> corner of
>> the internet that requires a special login, doesn't integrate with source
>> code or our current workflow (very nicely), and doesn't get updated or
>> developed.
> 
> 
> So, there are 2 distinct issues: spam from bugsnet (this one can be
> mitigated by replacing current "solve a problem" challenge by something
> more sophisticated) and the bugsnet itself being a burden (which can't
> be solved quickly).
> 
> Let's separate the two: this way we can have kill the spam in the short
> term and get enough time to shape out the migration plan if there's a
> consensus on the matter.
> 
> What about integrating [recaptcha][1] for now? Integration is rather
> simple but there are other concerns, e.g. a third-party JS code on the
> page that accepts security issues.

If so, can we please use something else? Implementing a Honeypot or a
simple math-captcha isn't that complicated (and I assume that a person
that can provide a decent bug description can also solve a riddle like
"Enter the result of 7 plus 2")

Thanks!

Andreas
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