a grid may be added to the image 20 random distortion or noise may be added to the image 20 and so on see block 104 once the image 20 has been sufficiently distorted it is then converted to a jpeg format see block 108 whereafter it is sent to the computer 12 as shown at block 110 in fig4 and by the arrow 36 in fig1 in one embodiment it is to be appreciated that as the image modification number is a random number the image not only includes the random reference number but also includes the number within the image in a random fashion in one embodiment the image is distorted or modified so that a modicum of human interpretation is required to assimilate or identify the reference number as mentioned above the browser application 14 displays the image 20 in the display zone 18 so that the user may read the numbers provided therein and manually enter the digits into the entry form or field 22 via a keyboard of the computer 12 once the user has completed the entire registration form the user typically activates the u201c go u201d button 24 in response to which the browser application 14 communicates the user entered data data entered into the form 16 and the token including the reference data to the server 26 as shown by arrow 41 in fig1 referring in particular to fig5 reference numeral 120 generally indicates an exemplary method in accordance with an aspect of the.