Checkbox as alternative to captcha?

Question

Does a checbox provide an alternative to using captcha on website? I am thinking i i need to use captcha for user signup. Instead if i put a checkbox for the terms like "By clicking here I agree...." can that solve the bots issues or is captcha required in addition to the checkbox?

Answer 1

One thing you can do with a checkbox is to make a honeypot. To do so, you would make a checkbox and hide it with CSS (because bots, as a rule, don't care about CSS). If the box is checked, then it's probably a bot.

Answer 2

If you are trying to keep bots from signing up, they will be able to check the checkbox pretty easy. the point of the captcha is that it takes human intelligence.