Human interactive proofs leveraging virtual techniques

Abstract

Human interactive proofs that leverage virtual techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an object is inserted to be displayed as part of a virtual scene and the virtual scene having the object is exposed as a human interactive proof that includes a question that relates to the inserted object.

Description

Background technique [0001] Network providers have made a wide variety of web-based resources freely available to users via the Internet, such as e-mail accounts, search services, and instant messaging. Unfortunately, malicious entities can take advantage of these freely available resources and use them for illegal and undesirable purposes, such as spamming, network attacks, and virus distribution. Human Interaction Proof (HIP) has been used to help determine if a real user is attempting to access a resource in order to thwart the efforts of these malicious entities. In this way, a barrier is thus created against malicious entities who abuse or overuse these freely available resources with automated systems. [0002] One traditional technique for human interactive verification involves presenting a text-based puzzle. The technique includes challenging a computing device (eg, a client) with the text-based challenge when the computing device attempts to access a resource. Typ...

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Problems solved by technology

As a result, some traditional HIP techniques can no longer create successful barriers against malicious entities

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