On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 03:55 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
A lot of websites now use the "I am not a Robot" checkbox and even if simply checking this isn't enough the resulting audio captchas always seem to be quite accessible.
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Sieghard, you know this is untrue, because it's been asserted to be untrue, contrary to our own repeated observations, and those of many others on this very topic. ;-)
The days where the vast majority of CAPTCHAs are, in actuality, in accessible except in the case of both visual and hearing impairment are gone, and have been for a while.
And if one does encounter one that is, the entity that is using it should be notified. There's no reason to use old-style visual-only CAPTCHAs now. Most haven't used those for quite some time, but there are always some holdouts. Between the "check if you're not a robot" type and the ability to get audio challenges as an alternative, most should be accessible to most people. I cannot ever foresee the day when challenges to prevent bots from being able to access accounts/sign-up systems/etc. will ever be 100% accessible 100% of the time for every living being. If they were then there would be very easy programmatic ways around them, which defeats the legitimate security purposes. They're meant to differentiate man/woman from machine.
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