Difference between revisions of "CAPTCHA"
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− | '''CAPTCHA''' is a nomenclature shorthand that refers to an assortment of automated systems used to distinguish between humans and computers. The concept was first created in 2000 by students and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.<ref name=CAPTCHA.NET>Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/</ref><ref name=NYTimes>Robinson, S. (2002, December 10). Human or Computer? Take This Test. The New York Times, F1.</ref> The earliest version of the system is credited to Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper, and John Langford, whose joint academic paper introducing CAPTCHA—entitled "CAPTCHA: Using Hard AI Problems for Security"—appeared in early 2003.<ref name=EUROCRYPT>von Ahn, L., Blum, M., Hopper, N.J., Langford, J. (2003). CAPTCHA: Using Hard AI Problems for Security. In: Biham, E. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — EUROCRYPT 2003. EUROCRYPT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2656. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39200-9_18</ref> The quartet also coined the term "CAPTCHA", which is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart."<ref name=CAPTCHA.NET>Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/</ref> Since their origination, CAPTCHAs of various forms have become a ubiquitous security measure across the entirety of the internet. They are employed by Google,<ref name=GoogleRECAPTCHA1>Google. reCAPTCHA. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/</ref><ref name=GoogleRECAPTCHA2>Google. reCAPTCHA Help. https://support.google.com/recaptcha/?hl=en</ref> Wikipedia,<ref name=WikipediaCAPTCHA>Wikipedia. Create Account. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount</ref> and other companies. [[File: | + | '''CAPTCHA''' is a nomenclature shorthand that refers to an assortment of automated systems used to distinguish between humans and computers. The concept was first created in 2000 by students and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.<ref name=CAPTCHA.NET>Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/</ref><ref name=NYTimes>Robinson, S. (2002, December 10). Human or Computer? Take This Test. The New York Times, F1.</ref> The earliest version of the system is credited to Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper, and John Langford, whose joint academic paper introducing CAPTCHA—entitled "CAPTCHA: Using Hard AI Problems for Security"—appeared in early 2003.<ref name=EUROCRYPT>von Ahn, L., Blum, M., Hopper, N.J., Langford, J. (2003). CAPTCHA: Using Hard AI Problems for Security. In: Biham, E. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — EUROCRYPT 2003. EUROCRYPT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2656. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39200-9_18</ref> The quartet also coined the term "CAPTCHA", which is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart."<ref name=CAPTCHA.NET>Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/</ref> Since their origination, CAPTCHAs of various forms have become a ubiquitous security measure across the entirety of the internet. They are employed by Google,<ref name=GoogleRECAPTCHA1>Google. reCAPTCHA. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/</ref><ref name=GoogleRECAPTCHA2>Google. reCAPTCHA Help. https://support.google.com/recaptcha/?hl=en</ref> Wikipedia,<ref name=WikipediaCAPTCHA>Wikipedia. Create Account. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount</ref> and other companies. [[File:WIKIPEDIACAPTCHA.png|thumbnail|331px|frame|An example of a CAPTCHA implementation on Wikipedia's website. This particular CAPTCHA is used to ensure that only human users are able to create Wikipedia accounts.]] |
CAPTCHAs are designed around the limitations of current [[Artificial Intelligence and Technology|artificial intelligence]], which struggle with particular tasks that humans generally have no difficulty with. SUCH AS? However, as artificial intelligence technology progresses, new programs are often able to reliably evade existing security measures. Computer scientists view this as a win-win—either a CAPTCHA version cannot be defeated and a site remains secure, or the program employed to evade the existing CAPTCHA has successfully solved an open problem in artificial intelligence and significantly advanced the field.<ref name=CAPTCHA.NET>Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/</ref><ref name=NYTimes>Robinson, S. (2002, December 10). Human or Computer? Take This Test. The New York Times, F1.</ref> Regardless, CAPTCHAs themselves must continually evolve in order to remain a step ahead of programs, which has led to the propagation of new challenge systems, such as reCAPTCHA, XXX, and XXX. | CAPTCHAs are designed around the limitations of current [[Artificial Intelligence and Technology|artificial intelligence]], which struggle with particular tasks that humans generally have no difficulty with. SUCH AS? However, as artificial intelligence technology progresses, new programs are often able to reliably evade existing security measures. Computer scientists view this as a win-win—either a CAPTCHA version cannot be defeated and a site remains secure, or the program employed to evade the existing CAPTCHA has successfully solved an open problem in artificial intelligence and significantly advanced the field.<ref name=CAPTCHA.NET>Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/</ref><ref name=NYTimes>Robinson, S. (2002, December 10). Human or Computer? Take This Test. The New York Times, F1.</ref> Regardless, CAPTCHAs themselves must continually evolve in order to remain a step ahead of programs, which has led to the propagation of new challenge systems, such as reCAPTCHA, XXX, and XXX. | ||
− | CAPTCHA and its successors have been criticized for presenting a barrier to web accessibility and generating undue challenges for users with disabilities or atypical skill sets | + | CAPTCHA and its successors have been criticized for presenting a barrier to web accessibility and generating undue challenges for users with disabilities or atypical skill and knowledge sets. Such users, in addition to potentially lacking abilities presumptively possessed by the human user audience, often actively utilize technology to enable or supplement their online experiences (e.g., screen reading or speech recognition software.) Their assistive devices, by design, are regularly unable to appropriately interpret or bypass certain CAPTCHAs in order to verify personhood and access the site. |
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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social and cultural disparities (e.g., unfamiliarity with American traffic lights) | social and cultural disparities (e.g., unfamiliarity with American traffic lights) | ||
legality? | legality? | ||
+ | (e.g., internet inexperience, social access disparities, and/or different cultural backgrounds) | ||
=== presumption of experience === | === presumption of experience === |
Revision as of 21:44, 25 January 2023
CAPTCHA is a nomenclature shorthand that refers to an assortment of automated systems used to distinguish between humans and computers. The concept was first created in 2000 by students and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.[1][2] The earliest version of the system is credited to Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper, and John Langford, whose joint academic paper introducing CAPTCHA—entitled "CAPTCHA: Using Hard AI Problems for Security"—appeared in early 2003.[3] The quartet also coined the term "CAPTCHA", which is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart."[1] Since their origination, CAPTCHAs of various forms have become a ubiquitous security measure across the entirety of the internet. They are employed by Google,[4][5] Wikipedia,[6] and other companies.CAPTCHAs are designed around the limitations of current artificial intelligence, which struggle with particular tasks that humans generally have no difficulty with. SUCH AS? However, as artificial intelligence technology progresses, new programs are often able to reliably evade existing security measures. Computer scientists view this as a win-win—either a CAPTCHA version cannot be defeated and a site remains secure, or the program employed to evade the existing CAPTCHA has successfully solved an open problem in artificial intelligence and significantly advanced the field.[1][2] Regardless, CAPTCHAs themselves must continually evolve in order to remain a step ahead of programs, which has led to the propagation of new challenge systems, such as reCAPTCHA, XXX, and XXX.
CAPTCHA and its successors have been criticized for presenting a barrier to web accessibility and generating undue challenges for users with disabilities or atypical skill and knowledge sets. Such users, in addition to potentially lacking abilities presumptively possessed by the human user audience, often actively utilize technology to enable or supplement their online experiences (e.g., screen reading or speech recognition software.) Their assistive devices, by design, are regularly unable to appropriately interpret or bypass certain CAPTCHAs in order to verify personhood and access the site.
Contents
Background
Evolution of Programs
Turing Test
Reverse Turing Test
Level 2
Level 2
Web Accessibility Concerns
Such users, in addition to potentially lacking skills presumptively possessed by "normal" humans, often actively utilize technology to enable or supplement their online experiences (e.g., screen reading or speech recognition software.) Their assistive devices, by design, are reliable unable to appropriately interpret or bypass certain CAPTCHA's.
social and cultural disparities (e.g., unfamiliarity with American traffic lights) legality? (e.g., internet inexperience, social access disparities, and/or different cultural backgrounds)
presumption of experience
age
disabilities
Artificial Intelligence Progress
Computer Evasion
Use to Train Programs
Timeline and Versions
original versions still in use btw
CAPTCHA
text
reCAPTCHA
reCAPTCHA v1
reCAPTCHA v3
reCAPTCHA v3
reCAPTCHA Enterprise
Other Versions
SQUIGL-PIX
ESP-PIX
NuCAPTCHA
hCAPTCHA
text
Future Versions
enabled an open problem in artificial intelligence.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carnegie Mellon University. (2000–2010). The Official CAPTCHA Site. http://www.captcha.net/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robinson, S. (2002, December 10). Human or Computer? Take This Test. The New York Times, F1.
- ↑ von Ahn, L., Blum, M., Hopper, N.J., Langford, J. (2003). CAPTCHA: Using Hard AI Problems for Security. In: Biham, E. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — EUROCRYPT 2003. EUROCRYPT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2656. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39200-9_18
- ↑ Google. reCAPTCHA. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/
- ↑ Google. reCAPTCHA Help. https://support.google.com/recaptcha/?hl=en
- ↑ Wikipedia. Create Account. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount