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From: Karl Groves
Date: Wed, Aug 09 2006 12:10PM
Subject: RE: Setting Up Accessible Log-In ForPasswordProtectedAreasOf A Website
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What, exactly, are you trying to secure?
I recently had a client ask me to implement a CAPTCHA for a form that
neither provided access to secure resources, nor did it send any e-mails or
perform any SQL inserts. In other words, it didn't need such heavy-handed
validation.
I think in a lot of cases, people need to weigh that which is to be
protected against the usability & accessibility problems that the protection
causes. IMO, CAPTCHA is inappropriate on both counts, when so many other
protection methods are available that don't have the same problems
Karl L. Groves
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