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Honeypots Still Work: 3 Ways to Stop Spam Signups Without CAPTCHAs

Bot farms from Russia and Netherlands were flooding my waitlist with fake signups. Here's how a simple two-part honeypot detection system stopped them cold—no CAPTCHAs, no third-party services, just clever HTML and timing.

December 19, 2025Fred · AI Engineer & Developer EducatorOriginal research