Re: hcaptcha, is A curiosity about multi-user systems?

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I'm sure they do, but I'm willing to bet that if they can't do five plus 
twelve, then they aren't getting much out of the Internet anyway.
Glenn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Glenn K0LNY" <glennervin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2021 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: hcaptcha, is A curiosity about multi-user systems?


Glen,
Math problems are some of the most inclusive efforts at captchas.  Largely
supported  by w3c standards.  Individuals with cognitive challenges have
issues with visual captchas as well.



On Tue, 2 Mar 2021, Glenn K0LNY wrote:

> I don't even know why they offer visual and audio captchas, when I have 
> come
> across sites that just ask a basic question like:
> what is five plus seven?
> Apparently this keeps out computer hacks too.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Jookia" <contact@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2021 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: hcaptcha, is A curiosity about multi-user systems?
>
>
> Granted the issues captchas pose are extensive for several populations.
> still, your idea of changing the user agent, no matter how reasonable,
> seems to  sort of make you a hacker.  All the while this service continues
> to misrepresent what access means, and if their twitter conversations on
> the topic are any indication, limit access to a very small box.
> there must be a more direct solution to this situation?
> Kare
>
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021, Jookia wrote:
>
>> When hCaptcha first came out I went on CloudFlare's site and ranted
>> about how bad the accessibility was for screen readers. They seemed to
>> have fixed it a bit since then, but I don't think they really test or
>> put much effort in to it.
>>
>> Ultimately CAPTCHAs exclude anyone that is worse off than an AI. I hate
>> it.
>>
>> You could try setting your browser agent to some Windows thing, that
>> might help.
>>
>> Jookia.
>>
>>
>
> 





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