06 Feb 2008

Bigadda And The Captcha For Bots

A captcha is a security measure to test if the user is human. It is widely used, and is reasonably effective.

BigAdda

Not if it is done the Reliance backed BigAdda way though. Bigadda requires a 5 character captcha to be solved before users are allowed in. The trouble is that the URL of the captcha http://bigadda.com/system/wordverification/verify.php?T=12345 gives away a little too much. In case you’re still wondering, it’s the captcha code (12345).