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Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by Sir_Substance »

malikNF wrote: post #5

While I like the idea of not having to deal with these annoying ReCAPTCHA prompts, something somehow feels "intrusive ?". I mean does this mean google is going to keep track of what I would be doing when I visit a site? Say for instance I am signing up for a website, does the password I enter get sent to google servers to be analyzed now?

>I mean does this mean google is going to keep track of what I would be doing when I visit a site?

Oh buddy, I have bad news for you...

https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/answer/1716364?hl=en

https://www.google.com/analytics/#?modal_active=none

https://www.doubleclickbygoogle.com/solutions/measurement/

Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by markdown »

vidyesh wrote: post #8

This is so confusing. It doesn't explain how it works nor a demo page nor the reason behind why it went invisible.

> This is so confusing.

Really?

> It doesn't explain how it works nor a demo page

Imagine a web form without reCaptcha. Do you really need a demo of that?

> nor the reason behind why it went invisible.

Because Recaptcha had an annoying, bad, terrible UX.

Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by tyingq »

visarga wrote: post #2

That whole page wasn't apple to explain WHY it is invisible and how it works if it's invisible.

Guessing it's your browsing history (courtesy of including js from a Google domain) plus mouse tracking.

It doesn't seem much different than the current "click here" one to me. They are just letting the page owner substitute their own button in lieu of the check box.

Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by dingdongding »

greenhouse_gas wrote: post #6

Just curious. What happened to all the data made by the old reCaptcha (the one that OCRed books). I know that they stopped the project, but did Google at least release the data (old public domain text of books)?

I think that data is what made lot of old books searchable on Google Books.

Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by fiddlerwoaroof »

dingdongding wrote: post #14
greenhouse_gas wrote: post #6

Just curious. What happened to all the data made by the old reCaptcha (the one that OCRed books). I know that they stopped the project, but did Google at least release the data (old public domain text of books)?

I think that data is what made lot of old books searchable on Google Books.

Wasn't recaptcha originally associated with Project Gutenberg's digitization efforts?

Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by tzm »

macrael wrote: post #4

Google using captchas to get humans to read street addresses captured by street view cars to improve maps results remains one of the most Googly things they've ever done. Genius, lateral, and a little weird.

How can you translate the entire internet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQl6jUjFjp4

Re: Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA

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Post by fiddlerwoaroof »

fiddlerwoaroof wrote: post #16
dingdongding wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that data is what made lot of old books searchable on Google Books.

Wasn't recaptcha originally associated with Project Gutenberg's digitization efforts?

I guess not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA#Origin
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