Thanks Stephen for your comments. If it is a valid concern, how do people address it? Do people implement Captcha type components into their login forms, or something else? Anything available for this or do I need to create something myself?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen C" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:29:47 PM Subject: Re: Is Captcha needed in Flex application? Kidna, there is a video of someone automating Gmail with it. But, there are plenty of mail libraries for scripting languages to automate the email. On Sep 24, 2013 8:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > can it click on an auto-generated email link to complete the new user > registration process, for example? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 4:56:28 PM > Subject: Re: Is Captcha needed in Flex application? > > With sikuli you can automate flash, we use it for testing. I don't see why > it cannot be used maliciously > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:42 PM > To: [email protected] > > Just curious on the conventional wisdom whether Captcha is required in > Flex desktop web applications, or if something inherent in Flex/Flash > plug-in means that bots in the web cannot auto-complete user login forms > (e.g. username and password) or other forms. I haven't really seen too much > for Captcha type components in Flex (is it unnecessary)? > > > Currently my user login requests an email and password, and for new > accounts, requires the user to click on a link to validate his or her email > address before registering that user as a valid person. Is that sufficient?
