What is CAPTCHA?

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. CAPTCHA is an effective way to block spam, bots, and other abuses. It has been around – in one form or another – since the early 2000s.

All websites should aspire to maximum security. This axiom applies to big and small, from e-commerce to simple non-commercial sites. All sites are hacking targets. It’s nothing personal and often done by bots (computer programs or algorithms). And, the hacking may not even be visually apparent.