Google Launches reCAPTCHA v3 That Detects Bad Traffic Without User Interaction (zdnet.com)

Google has pushed an update to its reCAPTCHA technology that the company has been offering since 2007 to fight off bots on the world wide web. From a report: reCAPTCHA v3, as the new version has been branded, is a complete overhaul of the reCAPTCHA technology that we know and... most of the time hate. The good news is that the new system does not require any user interaction anymore. Gone are the days of reCAPTCHA v1 when everyone was trying to decipher in garbled text, and gone are the days of v2 when everyone was getting annoyed at clicking on endless image streams of "store fronts," "roads," and "cars" for up to 2-3 minutes. Instead, reCAPTCHA v3 will use a secret new Google proprietary technology to learn a website's normal traffic and user behavior. Google says that by observing how regular users interact with the website and its sections, it would be able to detect abnormalities and detect bots or undesirable actions.

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Translation:We'll just spy on you to figure it out

[Anonymous Coward]

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Sounds good to me

[SuperKendall]

Whatever they are doing is fine with me, those image based Capthas are an absolute nightmare, trying to see if one pixel in an image is a sign or a car or whatever.

I think one time I cycled through picking objects something like 15 times! Absurd.