Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Google finally figures how to decide whether a user is human or robot, without having to solve a CAPTCHA

I had been waiting for the day when the CAPTCHA would be put to rest. Seriously I hate it whenever a website tells me to prove that am a human and not a robot, by typing correctly the letters of a distorted image. You know not all CAPTCHA codes are easy to read  because they sometimes appear blurry. This often made me to left a website .

 But big has figured that out. And  is releasing a new solution called ''No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA'' that would allow any web user to verify they are human without solving a CAPTCHA.

 The search giant new API is simply: When you are on a desktop site using  Google solution,you don't need to enter those blurry letters anymore , just tick a box to confirm you are a human, and not a robot.

Or, if you are on mobile, you will be asked to select images that match the one presented above.
''However, CAPTCHAs aren't going away just yet. In cases when the risk analysis engine can't confidently predict whether a user is a human or an abusive agent, it will prompt a CAPTCHA to elicit more cues, increasing the number of security checkpoints to confirm the user is valid.''

Watch the video to learn more.