'I'm Not A Robot' - Why Do Websites Use This?

But, web fans, rejoice as CAPTCHA or Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart - bet you didn't know that's what it stood for - could be gone for good.

Why? Google being Google, have invented an invisible version which can determine whether you're a human or a robot based upon your browsing patterns. Not sure if that's a) really, really clever or b) a little unsettling.

You could argue that it was a necessary evil, protecting us from cyber attacks and overloading websites with death by spambot but we're glad that we might soon see the last of CAPTCHA.

You can read more about the ins and outs of CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA, No CAPTCHA here but essentially Google's new invisible mechanism removes this box ticking (pun intended) exercise and will use your historical data to work out if you're real or robot.

User-friendly development or another means for the mighty Google to keep tabs on us, you decide. Either way, it's progress.

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