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How does this checkbox recaptcha work and how can I use it?

I've recently signed up to the oneplusone website https://account.oneplus.net/sign-up, and noticed this checkbox recaptcha

checkbox recaptcha

How does it work, and how can I use it on my sites? Much better than those cryptic words/digits:)

The recaptcha site does not mention any new recaptcha method... https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html

Solution

  • This is a beta API for reCAPTCHA. I gather this from the source of their JS API: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js referencing "API2". And I also found this: http://jaswsinc.com/recaptcha-ads/ (archived) Apparently they did an invite-only beta of their "no CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA" So.... You probably won't be able to make it work on your site, yet. I can't find any information on opting into the beta, but if you search for "No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA beta" you can see a number of people that have mentioned getting the email from Google for them to join.

    If you find a place to get into the beta, please share! Otherwise it looks like public release is coming in 2015...