Google wants to end CAPTCHA. Have a better idea – Gazeta.pl

Google unveiled new authentication system called reCAPTCHA. It is commonly used to replace the 2003 security CAPTCHA. Its purpose is to protect the sites against the activities of spammers who register an account with bots.

Unfortunately CAPTCHA is no longer a problem for cybercriminals to bypass this protection while still requires effort. For example, you need to apply OCR scanning, which automatically recognize the text, or to hire an army of people who will recognize the codes on demand. Cyber ​​criminals use to it … erotic services. If you want to see the next picture or video CAPTCHA code must be entered. It is not aware that it really allows in this way cybercriminals to register an account in a different site. You can also use artificial intelligence, and that in 98.8% cope with the proper diagnosis CAPTCHA.

Believe me, I’m a man

The new API presented by Google has already been tested by several services, including Snapchat and Wordpres. The user fills a standard registration form, corresponds to one additional question (eg. Favorite color) and selects the “I’m not a robot.” After a short wait, the majority of users (from 60 to 80%), a confirmation of registration.

Sometimes, however, you must pass one more test, for example, to match the pictures.

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How does it work? reCAPTCHA examines the behavior of the user when filling out a form, and also checks the IP from which you are registering. The system also takes into account other factors, but the details remain a mystery. Google does not want simply to cybercriminals know how to cheat the form.

Less spam?

If you Google the solution is applied by a number of websites then we have a chance to receive less spam. Although it will be difficult, because, for example, in the third quarter of last year sent 100 000 000 000 of spam e-mails a day.

The problem of spam is also related to another problem of the modern internet – users do not care for their safety. Poland is, unfortunately, in this respect, the infamous lead . This facilitates the creation of bots, which is a network of computers under the control of criminals.

Sophos has conducted a test that proved how effective are bots. Lab in Hungary pledged special “trap” for cyber criminals – a computer that can infect was connected to a special data-center. All kinds of attacks and infections can not escape so outside the laboratory, can be examined.

After just one week, one computer infected with a malware generated a & gt; 5.5 million spam and used this for 30 Gb transfer. According to Sophos enough 10 thousand. computers running bot to send out 50 billion spam week.

Google solution is thus primarily made our lives easier, it can also reduce the amount of spam being sent. Among other things, by the fact that hinder the opening of accounts bots running on computers-zombies.