Is The CAPTCHA code finally DEAD!!!

April 24, 2008 by IM Buzzter
Filed under Trends

Well, I just ran across this in the Digg pile when I was looking for new trends for my blog. Somewhere in the comments between so-and-so is a douchbag and CAPTCHA is outdated, I noticed that some people are paying folks to type these things in all day. Which, of course, has set me on a mission to find these folks. Who are they and why on Earth would you have to make a living typing CAPTCHA codes for god's sakes.

First the quote, then the article and I'm looking for this group who types CAPTCHA all day. That would definitely drive me nuts....

CAPTCHA-based security systems have been having a rough time of late. CAPTCHA's were initially deployed as a security technique meant to prevent computer-controlled bots from creating e-mail or forum accounts. Bot authors and security researchers have played a game of oneupmanship for years, with each side trying to outfox the other, but the recent, well-publicized failures of the Windows Live Mail/Hotmail and GMail CAPTCHA systems have had some wondering if CAPTCHAs are finally outdated. One group of researchers doesn't think so, however, and has developed a new CAPTCHA-style system, dubbed IMAGINATION, that it believes will inject new life into current CAPTCHA design.

Read the full article here.

I'll get back with the second part of this.... Be sure and read the Comments at the bottom.