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  1. #11

    Bots

    Originally Posted by Enzio_Enzio Go to original post
    I don't get it, we have to put in that stupid 6 digit nonsense (which sometimes is really difficult to see or figure out) before we can post, how can a spambot get around that?

    Have just tried reporting those posts but get a 'bad request' page each time. The game get's hacked, the forum get's spammed - Anyone actually working today?
    Bots can solve captchas up to 6 characters long these days due to good image-captcha algorithms. They get through by the shear volume of guesses they throw at the captcha too.

    They can solve captchas with up to 6 characters with medium noise and distortion. Even humans find it hard at this point.
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    Originally Posted by Dyslexic-Snail Go to original post
    This stuff was all over gaming forums a few years back and it took months to stop it. Now it's back for revenge.
    Not on several other forums I am a member of, so what makes those people smarter than Ubisoft?
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    Originally Posted by fixer7267 Go to original post
    Not on several other forums I am a member of, so what makes those people smarter than Ubisoft?
    They haven't got to those forums yet. Wait and see..
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    Because it's racist, bigoted, politically incorrect and belittling to delete them.
    Chinese Spammers Lives Matter #spamtheotheryellowmeat
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    Originally Posted by RhinoCharging00 Go to original post
    Why is the forum now filled with adverts for university places across North America, Canada and Europe, all in Mandarin/Cantonese?

    Surely it can be removed for any or all of the following reasons?

    A) Making the forum look dodgy and completely moronic.
    B) Having nothing to do with the game.
    C) Pushing other topics off into page 2.

    Also, having not been that bothered to investigate fully, do we even know if this isn't something illegal or at the least totally unsuited to a forum about a game?

    Someone needs to delete it all asap.
    Yep, happens all the time. Obviously they don't know how to prevent it, much less remove it from the forums. Last month it was Viagra adverts, not sure what it is this time as I don't want to click on the crap.
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    It's like those bots on Second Life that constantly ask for lindens (the in game currency of money). You know how I know they're bots? Because I bring up other topics like "So, naked sky diving, huh?" And they don't even say anything else. I know they're bots because they can't change a topic.

    I put those bots on block. Problem solved. But then ANOTHER bot shows up later. Which I put on block. And then another and another. Block and block.

    As a result my block list is much larger then my friends list. Am I going to have to do the same thing in this game? FIX THIS ****! Maybe do what VIndictus does. 6 number digit code to log in each time or something. With random placement of where the numbers are. I e-mail something like that to myself to keep me reminded. Eventually I know it off by heart.
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    Originally Posted by Nopvedz4you Go to original post
    It is what it is, if we wanna get rid of them just post on older threads.
    Does that really work?
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    Originally Posted by Winslow-the-Dog Go to original post
    Does that really work?
    What I mean if you post on older threads from page 2 or create new ones, it will push the Chinese spam ones onto page 2, where I bet most people don't look at anyway. Hope I explained that OK.
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