Ask HN: Anyone familiar with Namecheap's JavaScript bot detection method?
I noticed today that upon my initial visit to the Namecheap.com home page I was prompted with the message:
"We're just verifying you are a real human and not a bot. After a couple of seconds, our site will automatically load and the rest of your visit will be nice and fast. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Further inspection reveals some obfuscated JavaScript along with a base64 encoded .png image.
Anyone familiar with the method being used here and it's level of effectiveness?
"We're just verifying you are a real human and not a bot. After a couple of seconds, our site will automatically load and the rest of your visit will be nice and fast. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Further inspection reveals some obfuscated JavaScript along with a base64 encoded .png image.
Anyone familiar with the method being used here and it's level of effectiveness?