New with iThemes Security: Blocking Bots with Zero Friction and Better Privacy

Description

Bad bot behavior with spam and malicious attacks has been a problem no matter what content management system you use, and for a long time reCAPTCHA has been the standard for preventing bots from causing havoc with our websites.
But when your users are identifying stoplights, mountains, and crosswalks, they're not interacting with your content or completing that checkout on your eCommerce store. There are new and better ways of stopping bots without creating friction for users.

In this presentation, iThemes Security Lead Developer shows us how iThemes Security is now using new methods of preventing bots using hCaptcha and Cloudflare's Turnstile to better protect privacy and improve user experiences while still keeping bots at bay.

Meet Timothy Jacobs

Timothy Jacobs is the Lead Developer for iThemes Security. He's also a WordPress Core Committer, Component Maintainer of the WordPress REST API, and co-organizes the WP NYC Helpdesk Meetup.