Google has introduced a Play Services requirement for passing its next-generation ReCAPTCHA system, which is bad news for de-Googled phones.

SPAM has always been a big problem since the internet started to be widely used. Bots (automated scripts) would insert information in the various forms that existed in most sites, trying to either ...

Online websites, apps, and services typically presume everyone is a bot until proven otherwise. That's why you have to complete those annoying "I'm not a robot" challenges while browsing — the ones ...

The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It’s great for security—but not so great for your privacy. We’ve all tried to log ...