Kevin Larson, a researcher at Microsoft Corp.’s Advanced Reading Technologies Group, has come up with a novel way of defeating SPAM emails—asking the sender to identify a photo of a kitten. This is because computers that use automated programs to sign up for (then begin sending SPAM from) email accounts cannot identify the subject of [...]
The New Line of Defense Against SPAM: Kittens
By John Gawley in August 6th 2007 No Comment »
Filed Under Misc Stuff Tags: email, HIPs, Human_Interactive_Proofs, microsoft, security, Spam
Filed Under Misc Stuff Tags: email, HIPs, Human_Interactive_Proofs, microsoft, security, Spam
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