The end of the road for Cloudflare CAPTCHAs
Apr 1, 2022Reid Tatoris, Benedikt Wolters
Summary
Introduced the 'Managed Challenge' platform as a replacement for traditional CAPTCHAs. This platform uses a series of non-interactive JavaScript challenges, machine learning models, and other signals to assess visitor behavior. It defers visual puzzles to a later stage, only serving them when signals are weak. The platform has reduced CAPTCHA usage by 91% and aims to reduce it to less than 1% by year-end, significantly improving user experience by reducing challenge time from 32 seconds to 1 second.
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