Featured comment by spank86:
"Well that's what I thought, being ecstatic would seem a little dysfunctional and being agitated by the death of a stranger in a foreign country seems ..." More »
Featured comment by ollypercival:
"Yup, sure do, but if they were enough to stop bots then we wouldn't need the semantic responses concept.
The first paragraph stated that squiggly l..." More »
Captchas are the Internet's speed bump. They perform little function beyond slowing users down — not bots, mind you, just people. But now Google's found a way to employ the oddly-fonted phrases for a different kind of verification. Read More >>
Featured comment by theran24:
"The problem with this stuff is one of the words is already known and has a tell tale sign that changes every so often. Lately they have been the words..." More »
Captcha systems, those psychedelic-font phrases designed to weed out bots from users, are a staple website security. And, thanks to Stanford Researchers, they may quickly become completely useless. Read More >>
Featured comment by terlan:
"Black hat Seo software has been cracking captcha codes for quite some time now. Sure there are some that are hard to beat but most of the captcha's in..." More »
Is it just me or have Captchas gotten insanely freaking impossible these days? I mean, I can't even make out if I'm supposed to type in a letter, a number or a hieroglyphic. Annoying! We need a new Captcha method. What about drawing a shape? Read More >>
Featured comment by fakesamgregory:
"What about blind people, though? This is impractical for visually impaired people
Captacha's should be able to give you the ability to scale resize..." More »