This article was published on July 28, 2015

Heavy metal captchas use band logos to keep bots away


Heavy metal captchas use band logos to keep bots away

The idea of captchas using metal band logos has been around for ages. It’s a well-worn meme, but Heavy Gifts (a site that sells, well, heavy gifts) has run with the idea.

MetalCaptcha is a free service that replaces the traditional captcha images with band logos submitted to the site. Adding a captcha to your form is as simple as inserting a couple of bits of Javascript.

You just have to hope that the spammers targeting your site aren’t using smart image recognition AI designed with a love for elaborate rock’n’roll typefaces…

MetalCaptcha [Heavy Gifts]

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