False Positives on Comments, using David Walsh method

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Describe the bug

Today I tried to submit a comment on a client's site, to test out a comment subscription system I was having issues with.

My test comment resulted in being blocked by Zero-spam.

I can see it was the David Walsh method that triggered the block.

Which makes no sense to me, as JS is not disabled on the browser.

I am running the test in an incognito window in Chrome, with almost no extensions active, and certain none that affect JS.
I have also tested it in Safari. Same result.

The site is at https://jonathanevatt.com, with this being a post one can leave comments on: https://jonathanevatt.com/hormone-disrupting-chemicals-endocrine-disruptors-15959/

I can't leave comments without getting blocked.

This site used to get a fair amount of legitimate comments. It's come to my attention it hasn't had any comments since early last year. I suspect this is the reason.

Please advise if you have any suggestions.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to https://jonathanevatt.com/hormone-disrupting-chemicals-endocrine-disruptors-15959/
2. Submit a comment
3. See what happens

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

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Environment information

Macbook M1
Chrome and Safari
MacOS 14.x

WordPress information

Sorry. I don't agree with this level of Wordpress information being publicly accessible. Happy to provide it privately.

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