[Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

[David Andrews]

My e-mail is dandrews at visi.com

At 08:09 AM 3/19/2017, you wrote:
>David,
>
>Cam you please send me your direct email off-list? I need to ask you 
>about getting an id removed from the NJ-Tech-div list. I do NOT have 
>the password for the ID in question.
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>Thanks.
>
>Eileen
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>
>From: David Andrews via Njtechdiv
>Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 7:13 PM
>To: New Jersey Technology Division List ; 'New Jersey Technology 
>Division List'
>Cc: David Andrews
>Subject: Re: [Njtechdiv] Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA
>
>Tracy,  The CAPTCHA you are seeing I don't believe is one of the new
>ones that have been talked about.  First, the one that says I am not
>a robot has been around a while, and the article says the new one is "hidden."
>
>I could be wrong, but we might want to be sure before we start
>accusing people of bad stuff!
>
>
>
>Dave
>
>At 11:47 AM 3/18/2017, 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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