Gibberish in database fields

  • Resolved fuzzyhead

    (@fuzzyhead)


    6 years, 8 months ago

    Any idea other than hackers as to why fields just contain Gibberish on the signups from participants for just some of the records?

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  • Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    6 years, 8 months ago

    When spammers (not hackers, really) try to put spammy content into forms, they often start with random strings. This is so they can easily tell if what they input into the form is getting published. If it does get published, they know the entries aren’t getting moderated, and they will come back and enter spam links or whatever.

    You can’t really stop this with a CAPTCHA, but if you want to prevent the spam from getting published on your site, you can try using an approval setup for the records:

    Approving Records

    Thread Starter fuzzyhead

    (@fuzzyhead)

    6 years, 8 months ago

    Thank You

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