Amazon, Intel Seen Trying to Overcome CAPTCHA Defeats
Amazon and Intel patents show rivalry in CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) authentication. U.S. patent 9,723,005, granted Aug. 1 to Amazon Technologies, tells how programmers defeat CAPTCHA challenges and how Amazon is trying…
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to overcome them. Bots will probably learn to fail like humans, Amazon predicted. So tests can use optical illusions or misquotations that humans will ignore subconsciously, it said. Questions can use cookies on a device, with the user’s online search and purchase history, to frame individualized questions, said Amazon. An Intel patent application (US 2017/0180348) published in late June is for a website to ask for live video clips of those attempting to prove they are humans. The system tells them to center their faces on the screen, and poses commands, such as “make a facial expression” or “show a close-up of your ear,” it said. Amazon and Intel representatives didn't comment further Monday.