Tag Archives: CAPTCHA

Squid may be sending each other secret messages by visual means. Whether they use this talent to spam other squid is another question.

CAPTCHAs are good for other things beside security and the occasional laugh. For one, they can fulfill dreams. They can destroy dreams too. They can be the stuff of our nightmares. But they can also be inspirational. These CAPTCHAs inspired an artist to create comics devoted to the word combinations. These internet security-inspired comics are so cool and so puntastic ...

Sure, you can conjecture that this CAPTCHA actually says “infinite been” rather than “infinite beer,” but guess who doesn’t care? I sure as hell don’t! I’m way too trashed to feel emotion. Shit, I can’t even feel my toes. So how can I be held responsible for perhaps misreading a poorly captured security tool. That’s what infinite beer will do ...

The CAPTCHA process is famous for preventing spam and helping translate books. So, Jeffrey Augustine went back to third grade arts and crafts to create the Dream Captcha. It’s inspired by Native American dream catchers and the “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” used by many online sites to inhibit automated software from posing as ...