Yahoo

First Insight Taps Google’s Captcha to Bolster Security, Verification

First Insight Inc. has tapped Google’s Captcha and reCaptcha authentication technology to integrate it into the company’s Voice of the Customer (VoC) retail decision-making solutions. First Insight ...
Android

Google’s CAPTCHA system fooled by an AI captcha solver

The classic CAPTCHA system has been the main barrier to internet bot defense. Its main goal is to separate bots from human users through simple tests and usage parameter analysis. Google’s reCAPTCHA ...
CSOonline

Repetition Breaks Google Audio CAPTCHA

Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phoney accounts with the company's services. Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio ...
HotHardware

Google CAPTCHA Collecting And Selling Your Data Raises Big Privacy Concerns

You're probably familiar with the "I am not a robot" checkbox often seen when logging into a website. This security measure, a common CAPTCHA method, is one of several techniques used to distinguish ...
Forbes

Google Issues New Windows Password Security Alert

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. When it comes to infostealer malware, the likes of which come ...
Bleeping Computer

Google rolls back reCaptcha update to fix Firefox issues

Google has rolled back a recent release of its reCaptcha captcha script after a bug caused the service to no longer work on Firefox for Windows. Yesterday, BleepingComputer received multiple reports ...
Digital Trends

Robots have learned to read, so Google has killed CAPTCHAs

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 ...
New Scientist

An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 per cent of the time

An artificial intelligence can solve the CAPTCHA puzzles used by websites to distinguish whether browsers are humans or bots 100 per cent of the time. Andreas Plesner at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and ...
TechSpot

Google's reCAPTCHA is not only useless, it's also basically spyware

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 ...
Lifehacker

You Can Browse the Internet Without CAPTCHA Prompts

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
Computerworld

Google, it’s time to kill CAPTCHAS

When AI can "prove it's human" — and CAPTCHAs exist mainly to distribute malware and steal users' time — Google should step up and get rid of CAPTCHAs. Are you a robot? Google really, really wants to ...