Google has updated its Recaptcha verification tool to its third version, allowing website owners to weed out harmful traffic generated by bots without even requiring visitors to prove they’re human.

CAPTCHAs are a common test on the web and are designed to differentiate between actual users and bots. Google today introduced reCAPTCHA v3, hoping to reduce the number of challenges a user might see.

If you’ve ever submitted a form on the internet (and who hasn’t?), chances are you’ve had to transcribe a series of blurry letters and digits to a blank box. It’s a form of challenge-response testing ...

Google launched the third version of its reCAPTCHA program that sets apart humans and bots when they land on websites, with the promise of eliminating user interaction. The reCAPTCHA verification ...

Earlier this week Google introduced reCAPTCHA v3. Most people who are reading this now will have encountered Google reCAPTCHA technology many times over recent years. It is designed to detect and ...

The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy. We’ve all tried to log ...

Have you started seeing images in online reCAPTCHAs that look suspiciously like house numbers pulled from Google Street View? Well, as it turns out, that’s exactly what they are. Google confirmed it’s ...

Google's purchase of reCaptcha, a company that provides the security checks that can help to prevent web fraud and spam, could also bolster the search giant's plans to scan thousands of books and make ...