It's never a good idea to use the same questions everyone else does. If every site uses a different set of questions, spammers have to crack them one by one. Using a solution somebody posted on the internet is an invitation for spammers to crack it.
Am 12.09.2014 01:06, schrieb chris tharp: > > ps. -- Just for general info someone has cracked the dynamic > questions for ConfirmEdit extension published here: > > http://thingelstad.com/stopping-mediawiki-spam-with-dynamic-questy-captchas/ > > > I've used the questions for months and had the joy of zero spam, > but unfortunately the system has been cracked. I'm throwing it out > there in case someone had became like me and stopped checking for > spam on a regular basis. It makes for a very, very unhappy day > when you find on the order of 1000 spam accounts. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
