Honeypot code for bots, but explained?

ZacJx · 2023-02-04T02:32:05+00:00

Hello, I'm new here, so forgive me if I'm asking a completely obvious question. I have a survey that I'd like to try and make as secure as possible. In addition to all the, for lack of a better word, clickable options in the survey platform - I'm also intrigued by the idea of adding a honeypot field for bots. I have seen the code in another thread. https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/6152/hidden-question-traps-for-botsQualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {jQuery("#"+this.questionId).prev('.Separator').hide();jQuery("#"+this.questionId).hide();});However, I have two problems. First, despite lots of searching I can't find anywhere that explains what this code is doing (and again forgive me for wasting anyone's time as I'm very unfamiliar with coding, don't mind learning, but just don't understand). I know that it's providing a hidden field, but I don't know what that hidden field is doing or (and this is the second problem) how to interpret it once I have collected my data. So even a nudge of "hey start here with learning some programming language" would be much appreciated. I know that with the other options (e.g., captcha, logic questions, etc). This may seem unnecessary, but now that I'm here I'd kind of like to understand it so I could either use it here or potentially in the future.

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