[Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

[Tracy Carcione]

How is it not discriminatory, if I can't exercise my right as a citizen to
contact my congressman, just because I'm blind and can't prove I'm not a
robot?
I could actually write a letter, but that is a big pain in the neck.
Tracy


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Complaining won't do much.  The system is to make sure you aren't a bot.  I
can tell you it is not discriminatory.



On 3/18/2017 12:47 PM, Tracy Carcione via Njtechdiv wrote:
> My congressional representative, Congressman Gottheimer, has one of those
> "I'm not a robot" captchas on his website, and it might as well say "I'm
not
> a robot or a blind person".  It's interesting that it's analyzing my
> clicking.  I wonder if it's expecting actual mouse clicking, which is
never
> going to happen with me.  I'm extremely annoyed that I can't contact my
> congressman through his contact form, and I'm going to call and complain.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Njtechdiv [mailto:njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mario
> Brusco via Njtechdiv
> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:14 PM
> To: New Jersey Technology Division List
> Cc: Mario Brusco
> Subject: [Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA
>
> 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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