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  2. CAPTCHA - Wikipedia

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    This CAPTCHA (reCAPTCHA v1) of "smwm" obscures its message from computer interpretation by twisting the letters and adding a slight background color gradient.A CAPTCHA (/ ˈ k æ p. tʃ ə / KAP-chə) is a type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether the user is human in order to deter bot attacks and spam.

  3. From CAPTCHA to catastrophe: How fake verification ... - AOL

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    The fake CAPTCHA scam shows how messy the internet’s ad system has become, with everyone involved passing the buck. Guardio Labs points to ad networks like Monetag as a big part of the problem ...

  4. reCAPTCHA - Wikipedia

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    reCAPTCHA Inc. [1] is a CAPTCHA system owned by Google.It enables web hosts to distinguish between human and automated access to websites. The original version asked users to decipher hard-to-read text or match images.

  5. Luis von Ahn - Wikipedia

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    In November 2011, a private beta test of Duolingo was launched and the app was released to the public in June 2012. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] As of May 2020, Duolingo was valued at $1.5 billion. [ 28 ] In a talk with NPR, von Ahn shared that Duolingo saw a spike in users during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  6. Social media quizzes can be fun, but they cause you ... - AOL

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    Social media quiz answers can be used to steal identities or enable scammers to impersonate you to your friends and family. Five tips to avoid social media scams Be skeptical: Before answering a ...

  7. Challenge–response authentication - Wikipedia

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    Challenge-response protocols are also used in non-cryptographic applications. CAPTCHAs, for example, are meant to allow websites and applications to determine whether an interaction was performed by a genuine user rather than a web scraper or bot.

  8. 80 Acronym Examples You Should Know - AOL

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    CAPTCHA. Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. CD-ROM. Compact Disc Read-Only Memory. DVD. Digital Versatile Disc. Fios. Fiber Optic Service. GIF. Graphics ...

  9. Human-based computation - Wikipedia

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    (HC) Computerized tests. A computer generates a problem and presents it to evaluate a user. For example, CAPTCHA tells human users from computer programs by presenting a problem that is supposedly easy for a human and difficult for a computer. While CAPTCHAs are effective security measures for preventing automated abuse of online services, the ...