[Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

[Kevin]

Thank you for this.  I can't wait to bring this up on my show.



On 3/18/2017 12:14 PM, Mario Brusco via Njtechdiv wrote:
> this article from the Top Tech Tidbits newsletter from Flying Blind, I
> think warrants mention because it is a big deal for us blind computer
> users, but bear in mind that it is a current achievement and is probably
> not widely accepted yet.
>
>
> Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA
> http://gizmodo.com/google-has-finally-killed-the-captcha-1793190374
>
> Rhett Jones
> Saturday 5:47pm
> Filed to: Captcha Death
>
> CAPTCHA's are an irritating but necessary evil. The system that is used
> to verify whether or not a user is human has been around a while and it
> had to evolve because machines were getting better at reading the text
> than humans. With its latest iteration, Google says you'll no longer
> have to input anything at all.
>
> Invisible CAPTCHA's are the latest development in the "Completely
> Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart." Google
> acquired reCaptcha back in 2009.
> It updated the system in 2013 to allow for the ubiquitous "I'm not a
> robot" checkbox that's all over the internet. That version worked by
> determining the user's humanity through their clicking style. If the
> click seemed fishy, a more elaborate test would be offered. But the
> Invisible CAPTCHA is able to recognize that a user is not a bot simply
> by analyzing their browsing behavior.
>
> In a video, the company explained "Powering these advances is a
> combination of machine learning and advanced risk analysis that adapt to
> new and emerging threats." But what's in it for Google?
>
> When the search giant initially bought reCaptcha it was actually for the
> purpose of integrating it into its giant book scanning project. The
> technology was great for digitizing books that were illegible to
> Google's transcription system. But its unclear what Google gains by
> continuing to improve the software.
>
>    Shuman Ghosemajumder, a former Google employee tells Popular Science,
> "Google in general-and this is certainly a philosophy that we adhered to
> when I was there-believed that anything that is good for the internet,
> is good for Google." In this case, a "more frictionless" internet is
> good for everybody. But don't count out the possibility that Google is
> improving its machine learning capabilities through your behaviors. And
> Ghosemajumder points out that Google knows about the past behavior of
> users when they're logged in, which
> would make the system more accurate. That could be a small incentive for
> some people to ensure they log in.
>
>
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