HardwareFreaks - Hardware News https://hardware.nrgnews.net/ Hardware News Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:23:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://hardware.nrgnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/hardware-icon-512-150x150.png HardwareFreaks - Hardware News https://hardware.nrgnews.net/ 32 32 Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it’s already been bypassed using a photo https://hardware.nrgnews.net/google-is-testing-a-webcam-captcha-that-scans-your-hand-but-its-already-been-bypassed-using-a-photo/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:23:37 +0000 http://192.168.1.15:8084/google-is-testing-a-webcam-captcha-that-scans-your-hand-but-its-already-been-bypassed-using-a-photo/ Google’s New Handshake Challenge: Are Biometric Captchas Just Digital Dust? In the ongoing digital arms race against automated bots, tech giants are constantly tweaking the systems designed to ensure that online interactions are performed by real people. Recently, Google has embarked on an ambitious effort to revamp its notoriously frustrating reCAPTCHA system by introducing a […]

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]]> Google testing controversial webcam-based reCAPTCHA that asks for a hand scan to prove you’re human — testers beat it with a stock photo https://hardware.nrgnews.net/google-testing-controversial-webcam-based-recaptcha-that-asks-for-a-hand-scan-to-prove-youre-human-testers-beat-it-with-a-stock-photo/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:15:34 +0000 http://192.168.1.15:8084/google-testing-controversial-webcam-based-recaptcha-that-asks-for-a-hand-scan-to-prove-youre-human-testers-beat-it-with-a-stock-photo/ In the endless digital war against automated bots, Google decided to crank up the stakes and add a splash of biometric flair to its famous reCAPTCHA challenge. The goal? To ditch simple visual puzzles for something far more personal: a test of human presence via hand gestures. The experimental system asked users to activate their […]

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