Preventing bots from filling out forms automatically is a hard task. Researchers at Google have been thinking about more effective ways of achieving this goal. You have no doubt seen those jumbled up words that you’ve to decipher before you can submit a form — well, that’s still to simple for bots to figure out. Google Research is experimenting with socially adjusted CAPTCHA’s which require users to orient pictures vertically. This task is different from deciphering text or audio, but in my view, it’s not going to be a whole lot more effective. Any of these existing techniques have flaws — for example, evil companies are already hiring cheap labor to figure these things out all day long. Stumping…

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