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Captchas
May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:11am

An alternative to captcha

Bout bloody time. hope its not too annoying. there are several sites I had to stop visiting because i cant see the darn captchas.

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We’ve all been there. No matter how good your vision is, if you spend any amount of time on a computer, you’ve had at least one experience of not being able to read what the heck those garbled inhuman words on those CAPTCHA screens are supposed to be. Now, a company called Are You a Human, is looking for a new standard that will alleviate frustration from both website owners and end users.

The company has released an authentication tool called PlayThru. Instead of trying to decipher the hidden words, players complete a very simple game – such as dragging and dropping toppings onto a pizza – to verify that they are not some sort of automated bot trying to cripple the website’s servers with bogus requests. Quicken Loans is among the biggest clients that Are You a Human has signed on so far. It says more than 2 million ‘authentication games’ have been processes to date.

“Text-based CAPTCHAs are difficult to decipher and easy to break, which forces them to become increasingly more difficult to solve. This vicious cycle makes it frustrating for users, who many times will give up before following through to a site,” the company’s COO Reid Tatoris was quoted as saying. According to Are You a Human, around 20% of online users will leave a site when they encounter the dreaded CAPTCHA. It hopes that the PlayThru standard will retain those users.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47460 At my desk.	Re: Captchas Reply #1 - May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26460 Australia	Re: Captchas Reply #2 - May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:38am Whats PA? SOB
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bobbythefap1 Gold Member Offline Posts: 7026 Listen now to the rain	Re: Captchas Reply #3 - May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:38am I can think of a good one for porn sites
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Captchas Reply #4 - May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:50am freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am: Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think. You use them on this board too, I think. They're great.
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Re: Captchas
Reply #5 - May 23^rd, 2012 at 5:06pm

muso wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:50am:

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am:

Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.

You use them on this board too, I think. They're great.

When?

Where??

....what are these spamfruit things I don't believe I've come across on this site?

Huh

Further - can they be used to invoke the "totally excellent/iron maiden" rule of

THREAD STARTER MODERATES THE THREAD HE STARTED!

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**I think I speak for all of us when I say this would be most excellent if it could be done!!**

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WE ARE WYLD STALYUNS!!

.............. PLEASE RUFUS!??!

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Uncle Meat Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2434 Tasmania Gender:	Re: Captchas Reply #7 - May 23^rd, 2012 at 10:39pm bobbythefap1 wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:38am: I can think of a good one for porn sites Are there porn sites on the internet?
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Captchas Reply #8 - May 24^th, 2012 at 8:50am Uncle Meat wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 10:39pm: bobbythefap1 wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:38am: I can think of a good one for porn sites Are there porn sites on the internet? Is the Pope Catholic?
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26460 Australia	Re: Captchas Reply #9 - May 24^th, 2012 at 9:26am freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am: Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think. What is PA? BTW spamfruits isnt really a game though. I liked it though. the bots will find a way through eventually - they always do. SOB
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Re: Captchas
Reply #10 - May 24^th, 2012 at 10:59am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 24^th, 2012 at 9:26am:

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am:

Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.

What is PA?

BTW spamfruits isnt really a game though. I liked it though. the bots will find a way through eventually - they always do.

SOB

The point is that it's very easy to change that script. if bots eventually get through, you just need to change the picture of the fruits and the names of the fruits. You could even change it to animals or birds. Click on the Galah. Click on the Ostrich - that would work.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47460 At my desk.	Re: Captchas Reply #11 - May 24^th, 2012 at 6:52pm PA is another forum. I was going to go with images of politicians - eg click on the gay one (brown). But i couldn't be bothered.
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Re: Captchas
Reply #12 - May 24^th, 2012 at 7:01pm

muso wrote on May 24^th, 2012 at 10:59am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 24^th, 2012 at 9:26am:

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 8:24am:

Similar concept to spamfruits, which I use on PA I think.

What is PA?

BTW spamfruits isnt really a game though. I liked it though. the bots will find a way through eventually - they always do.

SOB

The point is that it's very easy to change that script. if bots eventually get through, you just need to change the picture of the fruits and the names of the fruits. You could even change it to animals or birds. Click on the Galah. Click on the Ostrich - that would work.

I have a capcha that bots are getting through ATM. Its very annoying. I am going to have to change it again.

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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Captchas Reply #14 - May 26^th, 2012 at 9:38am BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 6:21pm: freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2012 at 9:14pm: Try creating a new account here, and behold my spamfruits. No need: I haven't been kicked off for ages! You must be the forum mascot
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