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Captchas - TonyLima - 03-15-2026
I have to solve two very frequently. And they’re terrible, with unclear instructions and ambiguous references. I’m starting to take this personally.
RE: Captchas - crackpot - 03-15-2026
(03-15-2026, 02:45 PM)TonyLima Wrote: I have to solve two very frequently. And they’re terrible, with unclear instructions and ambiguous references. I’m starting to take this personally.
I can't remember the last time I was asked. Is your device hiccupping?
RE: Captchas - CompSci87 - 03-15-2026
It might depend on your IP address -- if you are unlucky enough to come from one of a block of addresses that Yvonne saw spammers or DOS attackers coming from. I am not very familiar with configuring that in the board software but will try to take a look.
RE: Captchas - TonyLima - 03-15-2026
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(03-15-2026, 03:39 PM)CompSci87 Wrote: It might depend on your IP address -- if you are unlucky enough to come from one of a block of addresses that Yvonne saw spammers or DOS attackers coming from. I am not very familiar with configuring that in the board software but will try to take a look.Marty, it may have been caused by my vpn. I accidentally left it on. It’s off now, will report back Monday.
RE: Captchas - Leftcoast - 03-15-2026
Yikes. May want to put that in a dm.
RE: Captchas - PalmTree - 03-15-2026
(03-15-2026, 06:33 PM)Leftcoast Wrote: Yikes. May want to put that in a dm.
Was gonna say....
RE: Captchas - TonyLima - 03-17-2026
(03-15-2026, 07:54 PM)PalmTree Wrote:Good idea. Editing right now. Thanks!(03-15-2026, 06:33 PM)Leftcoast Wrote: Yikes. May want to put that in a dm.
Was gonna say....
RE: Captchas - CompSci87 - 03-17-2026
(03-15-2026, 03:39 PM)CompSci87 Wrote: It might depend on your IP address -- if you are unlucky enough to come from one of a block of addresses that Yvonne saw spammers or DOS attackers coming from. I am not very familiar with configuring that in the board software but will try to take a look.
The above was only a guess.
Unfortunately I am unable to figure out what is going on. I spent half an hour looking through all the MyBB admin settings that looked likely, plus googling. There are a few different anti-spam plugins installed, and maybe some stuff in the base software, but I don't know what is requiring some long-term, innocent users to solve a captcha from time to time or what settings might be changed to affect that. It never happens to me, FWIW. So far I've seen several people report it in this thread. BC and Marty also mentioned in the Moderators private forum that it happens to them -- so being a mod evidently doesn't help.
Yvonne and George know way more about MyBB setup and configuration than I do. I learned a little more when helping George do the transition to the new site, but I still don't know a lot of things.
RE: Captchas - TonyLima - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 07:59 PM)CompSci87 Wrote:Thank you. I really appreciate the time and energy you folks put in. FWIW the problem seems to have gone away.(03-15-2026, 03:39 PM)CompSci87 Wrote: It might depend on your IP address -- if you are unlucky enough to come from one of a block of addresses that Yvonne saw spammers or DOS attackers coming from. I am not very familiar with configuring that in the board software but will try to take a look.
The above was only a guess.
Unfortunately I am unable to figure out what is going on. I spent half an hour looking through all the MyBB admin settings that looked likely, plus googling. There are a few different anti-spam plugins installed, and maybe some stuff in the base software, but I don't know what is requiring some long-term, innocent users to solve a captcha from time to time or what settings might be changed to affect that. It never happens to me, FWIW. So far I've seen several people report it in this thread. BC and Marty also mentioned in the Moderators private forum that it happens to them -- so being a mod evidently doesn't help.
Yvonne and George know way more about MyBB setup and configuration than I do. I learned a little more when helping George do the transition to the new site, but I still don't know a lot of things.
RE: Captchas - bl82 - 03-17-2026
We are the product!
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/24/googles_recaptchav2_labor/
RE: Captchas - TonyLima - 03-18-2026
(03-17-2026, 09:22 PM)bl82 Wrote: We are the product!Wow! Thank you.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/24/googles_recaptchav2_labor/
RE: Captchas - admin - 03-19-2026
I'll look into it.
RE: Captchas - TonyLima - 03-19-2026
(03-19-2026, 05:15 PM)admin Wrote: I'll look into it.Thanks, but really not necessary. Seems to be a one-time glitch. If it happens again, I'll let you know.
RE: Captchas - admin - 03-19-2026
(03-19-2026, 06:14 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(03-19-2026, 05:15 PM)admin Wrote: I'll look into it.Thanks, but really not necessary. Seems to be a one-time glitch. If it happens again, I'll let you know.
No problem.
I did an internet search and looked at our settings. We have a few options. I've switched our captcha method to the MyBB default captcha. It's possible that during the switchover the software picked one of the Google recaptcha methods.