HardwareFreaks - Hardware News https://hardware.nrgnews.net/ Hardware News Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:15:34 +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 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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