google's new easy to use reCAPTCHA

mattytun

It's about time.

One-Eye

Brings back memories of This Thread

Most web users will be familiar with CAPTCHA tests (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) such as Google’s reCAPTCHA. Unfortunately, Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and Bots are becoming increasingly capable of successfully completing the tests. The problem is that making the CAPTCHAs harder for the bots to solve also makes them impossible for humans to solve easily, so a new approach has been under test and its release is imminent.

The new CAPTCHAs may be a little bit easier to solve, but when you complete one, your IP address will be recorded, and if you try and complete too many CAPTCHAs in a set time period then it will be assumed you are a Bot and the CAPTCHA will give a FAIL even if you solve it correctly. With many CAPTCHAs being hosted by third parties, this means that even if you switch to a different website, if the CAPTCHA is of the same type, then you will be automatically blocked on the new website as well.

The actual number of CAPTCHAS allowed, the time period involved and the duration of the block have not been revealed but spokesperson Richard John Bingham from the body who came up with the new system – The Joint Organisation for Key Evaluation – said “No normal user should be trying to solve dozens of CAPTCHAs in one hour, so imposing a limit on this will not affect genuine users”

mjm3346

I know websites that have been using it for a while

In 2017, Google announced an update to its No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA in the form of the Invisible reCAPTCHA.

As the name suggests, this is a type of CAPTCHA that is completely invisible to the user and which requires no input whatsoever from them. Google's aim with this is to get rid of the need for any kind of interaction on the part of the user.