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

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Aug 15, 2016 1:00PM

hello: we use the "honeypot" aip on our druple platform and find it
works well both wp and druple support it just use there plugin or api and
don't do more work then you have to lucy techneek

Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I used this technique in the form that you all helped me out with last
> weeks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Jim Homme
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 11:06 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Has anybody come across the "honeypot" technique
> with respect to accessibility?
>
> 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,
> Accessibility Consultant,
> Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
> Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
> 412-787-8567,
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-
> accessible-technology-solutions
> E+R=O
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Mike Barlow
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 1:59 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> 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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