{"id":40871,"date":"2021-05-14T03:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T03:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cloudflare-launches-campaign-to-end-the-madness-of-captchas\/"},"modified":"2021-05-14T03:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T03:29:15","slug":"cloudflare-launches-campaign-to-end-the-madness-of-captchas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cloudflare-launches-campaign-to-end-the-madness-of-captchas\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare launches campaign to \u2018end the madness\u2019 of CAPTCHAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-label=\"poll\">Poll<\/span> Cloudflare has called on the world to \u201cend this madness\u201d by consigning Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAS) to the dustbin of history.<\/p>\n<p>The internet-grooming firm\u2019s beef with CAPTCHAS &#8211; specifically those that require users to identify images &#8211; is that they take 32 seconds to 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href=\"http:\/\/cloudflarechallenge.com\">cloudflarechallenge.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Cloudflare serves a challenge.<\/li>\n<li>The user clicks I am human (beta) and gets prompted for a security device.<\/li>\n<li>User decides to use a Hardware Security Key.<\/li>\n<li>The user plugs the device into their computer or taps it to their phone for wireless signature (using NFC).<\/li>\n<li>A cryptographic attestation is sent to Cloudflare, which allows the user in upon verification of the <a href=\"https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/webauthn\/#test-of-user-presence\">user presence test<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note the mention in that list of a Hardware Security Key. Cloudflare will initially support three &#8211; YubiKeys, HyperFIDO keys; and Thetis FIDO U2F.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompleting this flow takes five seconds,\u201d Meunier asserts in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/introducing-cryptographic-attestation-of-personhood\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> on Cloudflare\u2019s blog. \u201cMore importantly, this challenge protects users&#8217; privacy since the attestation is not uniquely linked to the user device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare will offer Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood on a limited basis in English-speaking regions to test the feasibility of its idea.<\/p>\n<p>Meunier\u2019s post nods to the fact that some smartphones can now perform the same function as a security key but stops short of suggesting that Cloudflare will use them.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Register<\/i> fancies that could be a sticking point for Cloudflare\u2019s ideas, as physical security keys don\u2019t come cheap \u2013 we\u2019ve struggled to find any under US$20 \u2013 and most are USB-A devices at a time when such ports are becoming less prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>Does Cloudflare really think dongles are less painful than CAPTCHAS? Let us know in the Poll below.\u00ae<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,leaderboard,mpu,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJ5Fu5RzYifLnPllWTPC3AAAAEo&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJ5Fu5RzYifLnPllWTPC3AAAAEo&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> 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