[Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

Sat Mar 18 21:31:21 UTC 2017

they just want to make sure that a person is sending the email, and not 
some bot. maybe Kevin knows more of why CAPTCHAs are used for emailing 
officials and the like.

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Subject: [Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

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

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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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