Google Street View Research indicates CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA are machine readable – Bots can take over the Earth with Refridgerator Sentinels in Days of Future Past

“It’s
important to note that simply identifying the text in CAPTCHA puzzles correctly
doesn’t mean that reCAPTCHA itself is broken or ineffective. On the contrary,
these findings have helped us build additional safeguards against bad actors in
reCAPTCHA.”



Google Product Manager
Vinay Shet commenting on the company’s online security blog about their
algorithm that can beat CAPTCHA



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