Why do sites ask “are you a human”?

Search Twitter for “are you a human” and it is clear people do not know why sites annoy them with this question.  What are these sites thinking?  Are they getting attacked by aliens, vacuum cleaners, or unicorns? While that may be the case (how will we ever know?), there are two reasons why sites ask …read more

How CAPTCHA is broken, on the cheap

Troy Hunt, software architect and MVP at Microsoft, posted a great article today about CAPTCHA and the ways to break it.  He highlights some of the easy to use services out there to automate the process, and they are cheap too.

New installation options!

We are thrilled to announce three new options to make installing PlayThru on your site even easier: Perl, Ruby, and PHPBB.  This is in addition to our current PHP and WordPress options.  This brings our total number of installation options up to five.  Count ‘em, five! Instructions from these new options can be found within …read more

We’re hiring at Are You a Human

We are looking for a few developers to join the Humans in the fight against the Bots.  We are a small company looking to grow our humble group of super-humans who will change the way sites verify that their users are not bots.  We get things done and have fun while doing it. There are …read more

Moved into the Madison Theater building!

We’ve moved! As part of the Detroit Venture Partners portfolio, we have moved into the new shared space on Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit.  Needlessly to say, we are stoked to be here.  The space is incredible, and we get to rub shoulders and elbows with other fantastic companies like Detroit Labs, Schedj, FLUD, …read more

hello humans

Hello Humans. This is Reid, one of the founders of are you a human. Today, we are releasing our new CAPTCHA replacement called PlayThru into the wild, so to speak, and I think an introduction is in order. I hate CAPTCHA. Really, I hate them. They are obnoxious. They annoy me. They ruin my day. …read more