caught snooping

[Jack]

It's a bot thing only to be understood by the bots.

It wasn't just a bot thing when we were blaming Kit.

Jack has blamed Kit?

Not yet. Feel free to jump on the bandwagon.

It's a shame she doesn't come here anymore.

[odeon]

She didn't much appreciate the opinions offered about her role as a mother, I seem to recall.

[Jack]

Wasn't here then, but have read it.

[Jack]

Guest   08:31:32 PM Using the spellchecker

Can't recall seeing that before.

[Semicolon]

Guest   08:31:32 PM Using the spellchecker

Can't recall seeing that before.

At least the guests aren't moderating the board again.

Your posts are 3993.

[Jack]

Your posts are 3993.

Yes, had to stop and leave it like that for a little while.

[Jack]

Guest   11:36:57 PM Using the spellchecker

Another one. Wondering how a guest would access the spellcheck.

[Jack]

Guest   12:20:49 AM Using the spellchecker
Guest   12:20:27 AM Using the spellchecker

[odeon]

Guest   11:36:57 PM Using the spellchecker

Another one. Wondering how a guest would access the spellcheck.

Using a link. Seriously. It's a web application so it's accessed using a link.

[Semicolon]

Guest   12:20:49 AM Using the spellchecker
Guest   12:20:27 AM Using the spellchecker

It's a cult. Soon they'll be convincing us to correct our grammar.

[Jack]

Guest   11:36:57 PM Using the spellchecker

Another one. Wondering how a guest would access the spellcheck.

Using a link. Seriously. It's a web application so it's accessed using a link.

How do they access the link to the spellchecker when that link is only accessible after accessing the reply link?

[Jack]

Guest   06:09:15 PM Using the spellchecker

Maybe am being too linear in my thoughts about this. Bots can't access the reply link, therefore can't access the spell check.

[odeon]

Guest   11:36:57 PM Using the spellchecker

Another one. Wondering how a guest would access the spellcheck.

Using a link. Seriously. It's a web application so it's accessed using a link.

How do they access the link to the spellchecker when that link is only accessible after accessing the reply link?

Well, there seems to be a way to access the link from some other publicly available page. Remember--the link doesn't have to be visible to a human, it only has to be somewhere on the page.

[odeon]

It's also possible that the reply link is listed in the page source somewhere, even if you aren't logged in, but hidden by some function or stylesheet instruction, which would mean that a bot might be able to generate a reply page. The submit action is on that page in that case, but the db requires authorisation to complete the request.

I'm reasonably sure the explanation includes this sort of thing.

The alternative would be for a bot to generate likely URLs when crawling a page, but I think that is a long shot.

[Jack]

Thanks.

Seriously.