The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy. We’ve all tried to log ...

reCAPTCHA is a free Google service to confirm that a system is being used by a human being and not a robot or bot. It helps websites secure themselves against malicious automated tools and spam ...

It turns out, a reCAPTCHA isn’t just looking at your answers You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Have you ever had to type a series of distorted ...

Computer scientists have found a way around Google's reCAPTCHA tests, tricking the system into thinking an artificial intelligence program is human. But there's a catch, although the AI system can ...

Why it matters: Captcha tests that require users to duplicate distorted text, solve puzzles, or click on grids of images to prove they aren't malicious bots have drawn scorn for years. Studies have ...

ReCAPTCHA is a free offering from Google to protect webmasters against robots and bots designed to propagate spam and abuse online services. Based on the Turing Test, reCAPTCHA uses puzzles or logic ...

Those online tests where you click boxes to prove you're not a robot are going away. A new test is here, it's always running in the background, trying to figure out if you're really a human being. If ...

Captchas are well known for keeping automated spammers out and letting humans in. However, ReCaptcha is a rather clever service using them to help digitize books scanned into the Internet Archive as ...