7. A method for authorizing access, comprising the step of: generating for display at least one distorted string of alphanumeric characters, in combination with at least one of a glyph, picture or symbol, the glyph, picture or symbol being foreign to a target audience, the generating step including: generating a random background; separating the at least one distorted string of alphanumeric characters into two or more strings, and adding at least one of the glyph, picture or symbol to one or more ends of the two or more strings to form at least one string of random alphanumeric characters that includes at least one of the glyph, picture or symbol; and combining the random background with the at least one string of random alphanumeric characters that includes at least one of the glyph, picture or symbol, using a random template; and comparing a response of a user entered in reaction to the distorted string of alphanumeric characters to a reference string of characters to determine whether to grant access.
7. A method for authorizing access, comprising the step of: generating for display at least one distorted string of alphanumeric characters, in combination with at least one of a glyph, picture or symbol, the glyph, picture or symbol being foreign to a target audience, the generating step including: generating a random background; separating the at least one distorted string of alphanumeric characters into two or more strings, and adding at least one of the glyph, picture or symbol to one or more ends of the two or more strings to form at least one string of random alphanumeric characters that includes at least one of the glyph, picture or symbol; and combining the random background with the at least one string of random alphanumeric characters that includes at least one of the glyph, picture or symbol, using a random template; and comparing a response of a user entered in reaction to the distorted string of alphanumeric characters to a reference string of characters to determine whether to grant access. 8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one string of random alphanumeric characters comprises at least one word.