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Update on the spam situation

Anil A - Mod

As some of you may be aware, we've had issues recently with automated programs flooding our forums with passport/fake document scams. 

In order to prevent this, we're in the process of implementing & testing a new anti-spam module for our community over the coming weeks. This module will scan posts for anything resembling spam and will hide anything that it confirms as such. If it's unsure of whether it's spam or not, it'll present you with a "CAPTCHA", where you fill in the letters/numbers presented to you and you'll be able to submit your post. It'll have an audio option to keep it accessible. 

It's quite a sophisticated bit of software, and it's very rare it'll ever hide your posts. On occasion it'll present you with the "CAPTCHA" to fill in, but we imagine this won't be very often at all.    

We're open to feedback about this system & if you have any issues with it, please do contact us on community.manager@nas.org.uk.

 

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  • Hi all,

    Amy - if it works as advertised, you should very rarely see any sort of spam test. If we find it's a problem, we'll get rid of it. 

    Longman/Paull - that's a good idea and I've passed it onto our developers to see if it's feasible. The cash payments one was removed by our volunteer mod. It was our hope with this module that it'd be seamless, but that may not be the case. 

    The "feedback to NAS" button doesn't hide anything, just alerts us to a given post. Whilst we'll have a new mod in the new year, it may be some time at the moment until we see that alert. 

    David - sorry to hear that. I'd make two suggestions here (but I'm not an expert by any means)

    -Be sure to use a unique and difficult to guess password. Don't repeat it on other sites. 

    -Both Outlook & Gmail support two factor authentication. This means you'll need your password and a code from a mobile app/text message to log into your account. It isn't foolproof, but it's about as good a security measure as needed for most people. 

     

    Merry Christmas,

    Anil

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  • Hi all,

    Amy - if it works as advertised, you should very rarely see any sort of spam test. If we find it's a problem, we'll get rid of it. 

    Longman/Paull - that's a good idea and I've passed it onto our developers to see if it's feasible. The cash payments one was removed by our volunteer mod. It was our hope with this module that it'd be seamless, but that may not be the case. 

    The "feedback to NAS" button doesn't hide anything, just alerts us to a given post. Whilst we'll have a new mod in the new year, it may be some time at the moment until we see that alert. 

    David - sorry to hear that. I'd make two suggestions here (but I'm not an expert by any means)

    -Be sure to use a unique and difficult to guess password. Don't repeat it on other sites. 

    -Both Outlook & Gmail support two factor authentication. This means you'll need your password and a code from a mobile app/text message to log into your account. It isn't foolproof, but it's about as good a security measure as needed for most people. 

     

    Merry Christmas,

    Anil

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