The most difficult captcha there is

Posted by Anirudh on June 2, 2009; This entry is filed under computer security, from the web, technology.
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I was browsing through the site of a celebrity recently and came across the contact page. I was shocked to find the captcha there. Take a look yourself and be amazed : http://www.gulpanag.net/contact_gul_panag.php

Why would anyone display the captcha as text ready for a bot passing by to read? (It’s even got a nice class – captchas – wrapping it) Is that some kind of a honeypot? Is that a dummy form? Does the site admin feel lonely because no one sends him/her mail and is hoping to at least read spam?

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5 Comments

  1. ashwin jk June 2nd, 2009 at 4:49 AM

    cmon man , for how can i fill even those stupid captchas , besides those gorgeous pic :P , sooooo distracting . I doubt anyone made it yet, no wonder the admin feels bored.

  2. admin June 2nd, 2009 at 4:51 AM

    heh heh.. agree with you 100% there :D

  3. Larissa Reynolds June 2nd, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    Ha! My best guess is someone thought “ordinary” verification codes were ugly so they decided to make a pretty one to match the rest of the site design. ;)

    Thanks for the giggle.

  4. admin June 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 PM

    Hi Larissa,

    Yeah, captchas can be really ugly sometimes. Maybe they should use your service.. heh heh :)

  5. cafm August 25th, 2009 at 12:33 AM

    maybe it expects all other captchas to use image based code, making it ineffective for any generic bot to parse the text and bypass the code.

    Sometimes the best place to hide things is in plain sight! :D

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