Security Codes--hunh? What's Up With That?

[SlickTony]

I just read a rather interesting story about mermaids and when I tried to give feedback, I had to type in two security codes? I've never encountered this before. Is it new? Is it something just some authors do?

 

[Guest]

I just read a rather interesting story about mermaids and when I tried to give feedback, I had to type in two security codes? I've never encountered this before. Is it new? Is it something just some authors do?

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They are used by many other websites, as well, to prevent automated troll-bot programs from automatically sending spam e-mail. That radomly selected code number, if you look at it, needs a human being to interpret it, making it very difficult for a "bot" program to automatically load some spam into the message box and send it off to the recipient.

I think Lit has a terrific idea, here, to enhance security, and it only takes another second or two for us to transmit our real e-mail messages.

 

[SlickTony]

Well, I suppose--I have never received spam via anybody reading my stories, myself.