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Questions tagged [captcha]

A CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA

It is an acronym based on the word "capture" and standing for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".

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Asirra or Captcha?

I've just heard about "Asirra" and tried it. But, I am a little bit confusing about using. What is your choice for usability? Asirra or CAPTCHA, and why?
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How to handle low score of Recaptcha v3

I implemented Captcha v3 on my site in the following areas with their appropriate Google specified actions: Login Register Homepage Subscription Purchase Main "do the thing" page of the application, in other words where the magic happens. But what…
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Is it good to represent a newsletter subscription form with captcha in the front page?

Is it good to represent a newsletter subscription form with captcha in the front page? I need form my front page to be as simple as much as I can. I can hide it and let it shown in a popup panel or another page, the two solutions are somehow…
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Why do inflight wifi networks display a captcha?

When you log on to Gogo Inflight Wifi or similar, Gogo displays a captcha: (source: triphackr.com) A CAPTCHA is usually associated with preventing automated traffic from accessing your network; however, to connect to Gogo you need to be on the…
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Why say "verify you're a human" when only humans can read it?

Does saying "Verify you're a human" in the heading of a captcha make sense? As far as scripts, bots, or other automated spam are concerned, they cannot make anything of this. At most, they would just know that there's a captcha and feel (the irony)…
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