The Math Question...?

[touchthesky00]

Just wondering what is up with the required math question when you want to change your profile...

 

[renogaw]

proof of hoomanity?

 

[spiderwoman]

Bots and spiders that crawl the web gathering info and submitting forms currently can't read the question and therefore submit a correct answer. It doesn't matter if it's 1+1 = ? or 25633*3333 = ?
It's the same deal with the Captcha images that you see on some forms where you have to type what characters you see in the image.

 

[michaeltx]

security reasons like the letters when you register. it helps in making sure that there is human not a computer doing the input.
Mike