It seems that 'bad people' have always made it hard for the rest of us. Because of these nasty folks we are patted down at airports, our phone calls are monitored, people's privacy is invaded and folks identities are stolen. Sad that the evil of the few has affected so many of us. Not that having good passwords are a bad idea! ツ
I have to require CAPTCHA on all comments, and moderation on posts older than 30 days due to spammers. I was getting a flood of them, mostly on old posts that generate most of the traffic from Google that I get. Somehow, even with CAPTCHA, a few of the nasty little buggers were still slipping through,
ReplyDeleteBtw, I think NSA monitoring of all US citizens is wrong. I was happy when a federal judge recently ruled against the government in case brought by the ACLU about it. It will probably go to the Supreme Court eventually.
Good points Sheldon. I moderate comments after a few weeks too. And I agree with your take on govt overreach.
DeleteI stopped moderating a long time ago and don't get too much spam, but I don't allow anon comments. It really hasn't been a big problem.
ReplyDeleteI agree Alice. Spam pretty much ceased when I no longer allowed anonymous comments.
DeleteI have to say that with my gmail account and Google I get very little spam. They seem to be on top of that!
ReplyDeleteMe too Debby.
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