CAPTCHA will soon stop bothering netizens’ browsing lives

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The irritating and oftentimes difficult to read CAPTCHA will soon be no more with the latest update that Google is rolling out for the infamous verification system.

Gizmodo reports that the newest thing for “humanity verification” is “invisible CAPTCHA” where users will no longer have to input anything to prove that they are not just a bunch of ones and zeros trying to infiltrate a website.

The last update implemented by Google was done back in 2013 which gave birth to the “I’m not a robot” checkbox. That previous version determined the user’s humanity through clicking style. If it still seems suspicious, a more elaborate test is presented.

This most recent update forgoes any human input by simply analyzing the user’s browsing behavior.

“Google in general—and this is certainly a philosophy that we adhered to when I was there—believed that anything that is good for the internet, is good for Google,” says Shuman Ghosemanjumder, a former Google employee, in an interview with Popular Science.

Less time spent figuring out confusing CAPTCHA, or proving you’re not a robot, would certainly equate to more time consuming content in the internet. So what makes people’s internet browsing life better should be good as well for Google’s interests. Alfred Bayle/JB

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