Google is making changes to its reCaptcha system: distorted text images are out, while numbers and more-adaptive, puzzle-based authentication checks are in. The change is necessary because text-only ...

You’re trying to book concert tickets before they sell out. You click the link and before you can make the payment, you’re ...

You’ve likely seen it in the form of quick tasks like deciphering distorted text, identifying objects in images or simply checking the “I’m not a robot” box. These steps help websites prevent ...

One of the most annoying Internet experiences is having to deal with CAPTCHA and decode distorted text on a website to prove you are not a robot. But now, Google says it can tell you’re human just by ...

For years, Google has used the simple system of distorted text CAPTCHAs to determine whether users were humans or robots. Robots used to be unable to decipher distorted text, so they always failed the ...

Sometimes it feels like it would be easier to translate hieroglyphics than try and determine what garbled text lies in a CAPTCHA box. We've all been annoyed by it, yet the reason it exists is to keep ...

Why it matters: The usefulness of Captcha tests depends on their ability to deter bots without significantly inconveniencing human users. Although not yet peer-reviewed, the results of a new study ...

A Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, or CAPTCHA, is an online challenge-response ...

Google has announced that it is killing the classic CAPTCHA and replacing it with a new API dubbed 'noCAPTCHA reCAPTCHA', where users simply tick a box to confirm they are human. First introduced to ...