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security code

gitte beck

February 18, 2015 19:41

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hat is the security code which is required if I am sending a mail to someone?

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  Jeff, Geni Curator February 26, 2015 16:22

  The security code is a system called CAPTCHA.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA

  It is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot. For example, humans can read distorted text like "hat", but current computer programs can't.  This helps prevent automated SPAM from being sent to Geni users - it's making sure you're human. :)

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  Robert Bruce McDonald, Jr. May 26, 2015 01:04

  I tried to add a comment on an ancestor's record and it was rejected but the space where the CAPTCHA was supposed to be was blank. There was nothing after "Security Code." 

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  Jeff, Geni Curator May 27, 2015 21:56

  If you're using any script blocking software in your web browser, that can sometimes cause it not to display.

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  Laurel Bauer August 17, 2015 13:06

  So what can one do when the CAPTCHA does not appear?  I don't think it's script blocking software as was suggested because I have been on many other sites where the CAPTCHA does appear.