Ryanair uses them, Ticketmaster uses them and even Expedia has been known to use them but Captchas are evolving from the squiggly often illegible words familiar to most
Ryanair abandons Captcha online security for simpler, more friendly system
February 4, 2013 By 5 Comments
It seems Captcha security measures are annoying consumers enough to make a couple of companies to ditch the system for something for user-friendly
Fill ya boots, screenscapers – Ryanair has removed its reCAPTCHA tool
May 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Temporarily, anyway. Ryanair made a big thing in late-2011 about its attempts to crack down on metasearch engines scraping content to fill their search results for airlines.
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Ryanair attempts to crack down on RyanairPlus, site asks what about everyone else?
April 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
There was about as much chance of RyanairPlus being able to carry on unimpeded as the carrier it is trying to wind up also scrapping bag fees and the infamous cabin crew calendar.
RyanairPlus – a cheeky attempt to get around the Captcha, but inevitably leading to brand issues
March 31, 2012 By 11 Comments
Many rejoice when low cost carrier Ryanair lands another bout of bad publicity or, more recently, others think of ways of getting around its refusal to work with third partie
Things you may not know about Captcha and how the inventor is now translating the web
March 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
Here is Luis von Ahn, one of the creators of online authentication services Captcha and ReCaptcha. A quirky and entertaining kinda guy with clearly an enormous brain.
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Ryanair takes legal action against Budget Travel for screen-scraping
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ryanair has launched a legal attack on Dublin-based Budget Travel for breaching the airline’s website terms of use and intellectual property rights
Ryanair can take comfort as big brains crack Captcha but not reCaptcha
December 9, 2011 By 3 Comments
Ryanair shouldn’t be too alarmed about the determination of some travel companies to find ways round its reCaptcha security feature to continue to access its flights.
Ryanair captcha move disruptive but not impossible
November 25, 2011 By 12 Comments
Technology experts say Ryanair’s latest initiative to prevent screen-scraping on its site will make things difficult but not impossible
Travel advertisers use CAPTCHA for branded type-ins
October 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
Advertisers, including Expedia, Off & Away and a couple of hotel chains, are supplementing display advertising by using publishers’ CAPTCHA security tools for brand messaging.
