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Saturday, May 26, 2007

security???

A quick thought before I go to bed.

You computer savvy people might be able to answer this. What is the deal with the squiggly letters that appear below the login name and password boxes when you want to sign into something. You know, the ones that I suppose are a sort of security device or something and usually read something like "vks89l" only in wavy, crazy font.

If this is a security deal, it seems like a poor one and a discriminant one at that. Who is it really keeping out besides the color blind and or those in need of bifocals?

looking for some intelligent responses

a tired Carney

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is a security feature primarily to block mass e-mails generated by computer programs. It shows up as an image and can't be readily copied by most programs there are ways around everything of course but it cuts down on some garbage stuff like that. It makes it harder to do seo work too. That’s at least how I understand it but I don't qualify myself as a member of the geek squad.

-Tom

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Mrs. Carn-Dog said...

Runyon??? GRRR...