reCAPTCHA Alternative
Protect your forms in a user friendly way
July 30, 2022 - Willem L. Middelkoop
Chances are that you've encountered a CAPTCHA in the wild: they protect web forms by asking you to type over weirdly rendered characters or by asking you to select photos containing a particular thing. Why are they used and is there a user friendly alternative?
Continue reading![By introducing a unique, use-only-once, token for each message it becomes much harder for malicious actors to automate the process of sending messages - protecting your form against spammers](/blog/2022-07-30_captcha-alternative/images/i_02_By-introducing-a-unique-use-only-once-token-for-each-message-it-becomes-much-harder-for-malicious-ac_500px.jpg)
![Typical CAPTCHA's you may encounter on the web (image credit: Wikipedia and Google)](/blog/2022-07-30_captcha-alternative/images/i_00_Typical-CAPTCHA-s-you-may-encounter-on-the-web-image-credit-Wikipedia-and-Google_500px.png)
![A typical web form: server processes information from a person, forwarding it to other people, like yourself. Malicious actors can easily fake the sending person, enabling automated abuse of your processing server](/blog/2022-07-30_captcha-alternative/images/i_01_A-typical-web-form-server-processes-information-from-a-person-forwarding-it-to-other-people-like-you_500px.jpg)