Research Unveils Improved Method To Let Computers Know You Are Human 91
An anonymous reader writes CAPTCHA services that require users to recognize and type in static distorted characters may be a method of the past, according to studies published by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Researchers focused on a broad form of gamelike CAPTCHAs, called dynamic cognitive game, or DCG, CAPTCHAs, which challenge the user to perform a gamelike cognitive task interacting with a series of dynamic images. For example, in a "ship parking" DCG challenge, the user is required to identify the boat from a set of moving objects and drag-and-drop it to the available "dock" location. The puzzle is easy for the human user to solve, but may be difficult for a computer program to figure out. The game-like nature may make the process more engaging for the user compared to conventional text-based CAPTCHAs.
There are a couple research papers available: "A Three-Way Investigation of a Game-CAPTCHA:
Automated Attacks, Relay Attacks and Usability" and "Dynamic Cognitive Game CAPTCHA Usability and
Detection of Streaming-Based Farming."
Re:I get it (Score:3, Insightful)
Those games may be "engaging" when you want to play a game. When I want to do something different in the Internet, I feel more like annoyed.
Re: I... (Score:0, Insightful)
1) Audio captchas.
2) Techies? Do you know what website this is? If you're reading it, you probably should be in that peer group. If you aren't in that peer group, I understand your frustration with all the voodoo we do. People thought the idea of oral hygiene was pretty kuh-razy and inconvenient at first.
3) Homeowner's associations benefit some people in some communities. I don't care for such a homogenous and bland type of neighborhood, personally. See other responses to your post, they did it better.
4) I forgot what your fourth point was, but I'm done pooping now so I have to wrap this up.
Good luck!