Humanity wastes about 500 years per day on CAPTCHAs. It’s time to end this madness
May 13, 2021Thibault Meunier

Summary
Introduced Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood as a CAPTCHA alternative, leveraging WebAuthn and hardware security keys (like YubiKey) for user presence testing and cryptographic attestation. This system aims to replace traditional CAPTCHAs by providing a faster, more private, and accessible method for verifying human users, reducing wasted time and improving user experience.
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