Lack of interest CAPTCHA Idea (Colors/Shapes)

[rjordan]

I posted this elsewhere and it fell on deaf ears. Maybe it could be helpful here...

I saw this the other day at a friend's house and had him send me a screenshot. I honestly do not know what site this came from, so I can't give a lot of detail. The CAPTCHA shown uses a mix of shapes above letters that you must select. From what he told me, it sometimes does colors instead and other times a mix of colored shapes. Thought it might be a good addition to do a CAPTCHA similar to this.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=47478&d=1284083609<< See attached >>

Ideas for options on this type of CAPTCHA:

• Select letters/numbers below specific shapes
• Select letters/numbers of a specific color
• Select letters/numbers below specific shapes of a specific color
• Select letters/numbers below anything except specific shapes
• Select letters/numbers anything except a specific color
• Select letters/numbers below anything except specific shapes of a specific color

 

[dutchbb]

Probably not as effective as reCAPTCHA or Google would have used it instead.

 

[rjordan]

Maybe, however it would be an option. The wording can be done in such a way and randomized so that the requirement (whether be color, shape, or NOT color or shape), or even a totally different CAPTCHA each time, but would not be the same each time. No CAPTCHA is perfect, but the idea here is to give options.

 

[Mike]

That's likely easier to defeat because the shapes tell you where the letters are. You can process the shapes (easily) and slice to the individual letters.

 

[Luke F]

Reminds me of Rapidshare's infamous cat captcha

 

[rjordan]

Oh, well. It was a thought.