Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) systems, originally presented distorted text that users had to decipher and input correctly, relying on human ...

The “CAPTCHA” has infuriated web users for years: It’s that login test that asks you to type in a hard-to-read sequence of letters or numbers in order to prove are not a robot. Get one letter wrong ...

Did you know that IKEA, ASDA, and Tesco are all either acronyms or portmanteaus? Even LEGO, HARIBO, and Twix have hidden meanings. But while some think WiFi stands for “wireless fidelity,” Phil ...

It seems like it was the just the other day that I was writing about how CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) was quickly becoming completely useless ...

Google’s reCAPTCHA tool claims to block bot access on millions of websites across the internet, but what are its true intentions? The internet can be a maddening place. Whether it is websites that ...

A recent study has found that robots have a higher success rate in solving so-called CAPTCHA tests than human beings. CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and ...

Spammers are using a bot to sidestep barriers that Microsoft Corp. has erected to keep scammers from creating massive numbers of accounts on its Live Mail service, a security researcher said today.