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Re: Has anybody come across the "honeypot" technique withrespect to accessibility?

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From: Jim Homme
Date: Aug 15, 2016 12:06PM

Hi Mike,
I have not, and at the same time, I will probably google to see if popular content control systems such as Drupal and WordPress can allow the user to easily create hidden form fields.

Thanks.

Jim


=========Jim Homme,
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Mike Barlow
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 1:59 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Has anybody come across the "honeypot" technique with respect to accessibility?

This technique was just pointed out to me in a separate forum as a way of preventing form spam:

http://jennamolby.com/how-to-prevent-form-spam-by-using-the-honeypot-technique/

What is the honeypot technique?

The honeypot technique is a fast, effective way to prevent spam bots from submitting your forms. Spam bots love form fields and when they encounter a form field they will fill it out, even if the field is hidden from the user interface. To leverage this, you can create a form field that should be left blank, but hide it from human users. When the form is submitted you can check to see if there's a value for the field and block the form submission.

So I was wondering if anyone on this forum has adopted this approach over the more common CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) approach?

*Mike Barlow*
Web Application Developer
Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

Lancaster, Pa 17601
Office: 732.835-7557
Cell: 732.682.8226
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