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An Empirical Study and Evaluation of Modern CAPTCHAs

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Re: An Empirical Study and Evaluation of Modern CAPTCHAs

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It's really amazing when we still get those text ones and nowadays you can literally select the text in many of the images and copy/paste into the input field.

I've never seen a text version that lets me select the text, that's bizarre

I’m assuming that he means that on (for example) Mac you can select text from any image and copy paste it.

https://uk.pcmag.com/macos/138058/not-just-iphone-how-to-use...

Re: An Empirical Study and Evaluation of Modern CAPTCHAs

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I think captchas disappear next year or so. Already was soft human determination.

What replaces captchas? Are there any not excessively burdensome tests that a standard issue human can pass that a machine somehow cannot? I'm assuming the "find all the bicycles" tests are also obsolete.

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I think captchas disappear next year or so. Already was soft human determination.

What replaces captchas? Are there any not excessively burdensome tests that a standard issue human can pass that a machine somehow cannot? I'm assuming the "find all the bicycles" tests are also obsolete.

Sadly, probably something like TPMs or email logins (from a reputable email provider of course, one who requires SMS to sign up, from a reputable phone provider of course, one who doesn't offer free VoIP numbers and requires a credit card to sign up, from a reputable card brand of course, not a burner card)

Re: An Empirical Study and Evaluation of Modern CAPTCHAs

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I think captchas disappear next year or so. Already was soft human determination.

What replaces captchas? Are there any not excessively burdensome tests that a standard issue human can pass that a machine somehow cannot? I'm assuming the "find all the bicycles" tests are also obsolete.

Something realtime, like video, is beyond most models at the moment. After that, realtime input, like little mini game you have to show proficiency at by scoring 5. I think the mini game approach could be fun. It could probably work for a year or two. :-\
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