Judge Determines Bypassing CAPTCHA Constitutes Fraud


Updated 10/20/10 3:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Judge Sends CAPTCHA Fraud Case to Trial

In 2009, a ring of concert ticket scalpers was busted after purchasing more than one million tickets to various live events and reselling them at a profit. While laws for ticket scalping or reselling vary from state to state, there are plenty of loopholes for individuals — or in this case a large operation — looking to turn a profit from selling tickets. The defendants in this case ran a Read more

Definition: CAPTCHA


Updated 11/22/08 8:50 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 11 comments

CAPTCHA

CAPTCHA is the name for the words that you are asked to type on websites to ensure you're not a robot. Sometimes they're so jumbled that you keep getting them wrong, and sometimes they're unintentionally hilarious. Occasionally, they boost your vocabulary. Read more