Security News > 2022 > March > Why are CAPTCHAs still used?
If it doesn't offer the protection it once did, and its major accomplishment for the past 12 years is that it slows down the customer purchase process, we have to ask ourselves: Why are CAPTCHAs still a thing?
While attack technology has evolved, CAPTCHAs have not kept up with the times.
Even folks without a technical background can easily find a bot to evade CAPTCHAs, let alone a bot that will help them to line-jump and purchase desired limited edition goods before other consumers.
The company 2CAPTCHA, for example, outsources its work within emerging economies, and charges bot operators less than $1 for every 1,000 CAPTCHAs solved.
Part of the problem is that CAPTCHAs seem to be an easy solution to the problem, one supported by many big names in the technology industry.
It's like a form of plausible deniability - "We use CAPTCHAs to prevent attacks and protect our customers and site."