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From: _mallory
Date: Dec 2, 2015 5:47AM

The true problem with CAPTCHA is that it thinks it's trying to tell
a human from a computer.

However, not only does it do this badly, but it's not even what we
as webmasters even want. We don't care if a user is human. It's not
even our right to ask. We care if a user is legitimate. Sometimes a
script is a totally legitimate user (like a Google crawler). Often
a human spammer is not.

I so hate CAPTCHA, mostly because I feel it's mis-appropriated to solve
the wrong problem.


_mallory

On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 12:41:20PM -0800, Lucy Greco wrote:
> all of these other options you are talking about have been tried. the
> problem is blind people are not the only people with disability on the
> web. if its a math problem a person that has a math learning disability
> will be blocked. and a word game like the logic problem will make it hard
> if the person is not a English speaker or has a cognitive disability this
> is a long time problem but a lot of people are working on it and maybe one
> day we will find a good answer. lucy
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:43 AM, rjaquiss < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Hello Ella:
> >
> > I have seen CAPTCHAs that use math questions or simple logic questions
> > such as, "What is larger, a dog or a horse?"
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > > > > > > > > >
>
>
>
> --
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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> > > >