Security Number thingys

dmeyer07 · Post by **dmeyer07** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:38 pm

You know on them sites where you say fill in a form to register and it asks you to enter 5 numbers or so to verify that your not some program abusing their system.. ? well my question is why the hell do they have to make them so hard to read? Why cant it be as plain as this type. instead of all squiqly (sP?) and funky colors?

lol yea wierd question i no but i always wondered

David

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:48 pm

David,
you might try decaf, it is just as tasty but without that nagging caffiene

Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:53 pm

Actually he has a point, I've come across a couple sites that are so hard to read, I've gotten it wrong more then once!!

It does tick me off when I have to keep trying over and over.

Justin from Detroit1 · Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:53 pm

Yup, I totally agree. Half the time I will type it wrong and half to do the whole damn form over because I couldn't tell if it was a B or 8 or S

Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:06 pm

Or how about after you fill out the whole registration form, scroll down and the image is missing!!

That's happened to me before.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:21 pm

dmeyer07 wrote:You know on them sites where you say fill in a form to register and it asks you to enter 5 numbers or so to verify that your not some program abusing their system.. ? well my question is why the hell do they have to make them so hard to read? Why cant it be as plain as this type. instead of all squiqly (sP?) and funky colors?

lol yea wierd question i no but i always wondered

David

So that computers can't read them for people who use automated programs that register at sites.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:24 pm

bingo.
it's to thwart OCR software.