The Captcha system, used by websites to ensure that users are human, has been broken by a team of programmers REXCould this be how the end begins? Researchers have said that the Captcha system, used by websites to ensure that users are human, has been broken by a team of programmers using a relatively simple system. This means that the fuzzy and slanted letters that have long served as the last line of defence against hordes of automated bots are vulnerable to attack. Chess fell in 1997 while Go, considered the greatest strategy game our species has created, fell last year. But until now the ability to squint at a screen and work out whether it’s showing a 6 with a line through it or a B with…

Source: The Times October 26, 2017 23:02 UTC