Honeypot Fields for Bot Prevention on Signup?

david · February 10, 2025, 1:51pm

Discourse core already has a hidden ‘honeypot’ system in the signup forms, so I don’t think you’ll be able to gain much by adding an additional one.

github.com/discourse/discourse

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/create-account.hbs

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          <HoneypotInput
            @id="new-account-confirmation"
            @autocomplete="new-password"
            @value={{this.accountHoneypot}}
          />

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Honeypot Fields for Bot Prevention on Signup?

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