Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds
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Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds
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New study suggests effort users put in cracking these puzzles every day may be more trouble than its worth
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Just encountered a captcha yesterday that I had to refresh several times and then listen to the audio playback. The letters were so obscured by a black grid that it was impossible to read them.

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