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Cloudflare on Wednesday said it is ditching Google's reCAPTCHA bot detector for a similar service called hCaptcha out of concerns about privacy and availability, but mostly cost. The biz held a bake-off to pick a new provider, and settled on hCaptcha, a service released last year as an alternative to reCAPTCHA. According to Prince and Isasi, hCaptcha doesn't sell personal data and made commitments to use info collected from Cloudflare only to improve the service.
Machine-learning code developed to solve image puzzles just like us netizens Video US-based academics have developed a machine-learning system to beat Google's bot-detecting reCAPTCHA system.…
Instead of enriching Google, try making a market for click work Analysis Internet companies depend on free labor. Companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google rely upon content creators who give...
Phishing emails target a bank's users with malware - and make their landing page look more legitimate with fake Google reCAPTCHAs.
A proof-of-concept from the University of Maryland can defeat the audio challenges that are offered as an option for people with disabilities.
Code's up on Github and Google's fine with that University of Maryland researchers have given Google a "welcome to 2019" gift by breaking its latest reCaptcha audio challenge.…
The unCaptcha automated system can once again bypass Google’s reCAPTCHA challenges, despite major updates to the security service. read more
After 20 years of waiting you'll no longer feel your will to live drain away as you solve tedious visual puzzles. Maybe.
Puzzles and check-boxes have been replaced with in-the-background behavioral analysis.
Google on Monday announced the launch of reCAPTCHA v3, which aims to improve user experience by removing the need for challenges. read more