Web Devs: is there a phone-number-less AUTH that still prevents bots? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by jeffhykin@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I make websites
If someone is banned twice (two accounts) I want it to take them more than 5min and a VPN to make a 3rd account
I'm okay with extreme solutions, like requiring everyone to have a Yubikey-or-similar physical key
I really hate the trend of relying on a phone number or Google capcha as a not-a-bot detection. Both have tons of problems
but spam (automated account creation) is a real problem

What kind of auth should I use for my websites?

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[-] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 47 points 6 months ago

Create your input for email and password with the id / name "email" and "password" and hide them with CSS. Then you create the real inputs with an id like "zipcode" or some other thing that would throw bots off.

Password managers hate this trick

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 36 points 6 months ago

I suspect screen readers and a11y tools hate this as well.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 29 points 6 months ago

Trust me, as a screen reader user, things like this make our lives absolute hell.

[-] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

It's not as bad if it's only on sign up, because you're normally not autofilling there. But it's still bad for accessibility

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago

It's definitely not as bad for sign up, but it's still a problem because usually after hitting "submit", the password manager will detect what you just did and pop up something like "want me to save that?"

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