[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Folks..... be very careful with this product... :down:

For weeks I've been trying to figure out how all these spammers and weird posters were getting through to our site...

Tapatalk let's people simply register and circumvent the entire vBulletin web site registration process. They just need a name, email address and password.. no other information required at all ...

Even after threads of complaints, Tapatalk have done nothing to fix this glaring security issue, except offer the vBulletin site owner a PAID version which has the ability to turn OFF registrations when using the paid version of Tapatalk, which is not available in the FREE version.

Quite simply, you have to pay "blackmail" money to change to their BYO version, in order to get a simple switch to stop hackers and spammers from registering directly using Tapatalk, circumventing all of the safety measures that have to be gone through when they do this through our web site. :erm:

In response to complaints, Tapatalk support is now claiming they use a spam detection method, which is nonsense as it hasn't done anything to stop spammers from accessing a lot of vBulletin sites offering support for their product.

We've sent out a posting to all our Tapatalk users to start searching for an alternative app ...

Regards,
Doug

I use tapatalk on our forums and I have never had a problem with spammers using tapatalk to get through. You can remove the registration option from the settings under Settings > Options > Tapatalk Options > Register page url and leave it blank or put in another non-existent page ...

For you to come on here and blast a great App that many people use without problems is pretty immature of you. Tapatalk has done nothing about this because there is nothing "to do".

What you should of done is asked if people where having problems with Tapatalk in regards to spammers and registration issues like you are on your site. There is an easy fix on your side which I just posted and I believe you owe these guys an apology for coming on here and saying that they are blackmailing people to turn this off ...

Spam will happen on any site if you don't stay on top of it, there are many ways people can combat spamming and it is ultimately each forum's owner and or staff to do their job to prevent it and or completely eliminate it.

Like I said, I have almost zero problems/issues with spam on our forums, they are one of the most active in the gaming genre and none of the spam is coming through this App. In fact, I have had zero spammer accounts come in through the Tapatalk app since installing it. ....