[blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind

Sun Aug 8 02:52:32 UTC 2010

Hello Chuck and everyone,

    Assuming Web Vism can solve the CAPTCHA. I've tried using it on a few 
sites and was notified that the CAPTCHA cannot be solved.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind

The use of Web Vizum would work for a deaf blind person because the captcha
that is read is then pasted on to the clipboard and copied before sending. I
would also assume that a deaf blind person would be using a Braille display
to follow the process.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind

> Hello Charles and everyone,
>
> And what if this person is both blind and deaf? The folks who develop
> these
> CAPTCHA solving solutions need to consider this population too.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 7:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>
>
> as long as there are alternatives to solve the captcha such as audio
> captcha
> or use of other services such as Solona or Web Vizum they are not breaking
> the law. As blind professionals we need to look toward using alternatives
> to
> solve these types of problems and the alternatives are out there for us to
> use.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Ladis" <tom at tomladis.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>
>
>> Derek,
>>
>> Interesting that they even make it a random test.  There are other sites
>> that do this type of thing and it is not fair appropriate for any of them
>> to do so.  This needs to change, for the sake of all blind people.
>>
>> Are they breaking the law by doing this test?
>>
>>
>> Tom
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Derek Wilson" <dwilson.lists at gmail.com>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>>
>>
>>> If you are wondering why sometimes LinkedIn prompts you with a captcha
>>> and
>>> sometimes not, you may want to read on:
>>>
>>> QUOTE
>>>
>>> Security Verification Prompts
>>> Why am I sometimes prompted for my password or to type in characters
>>> from
>>> an
>>> image shown on the security verification screen?
>>>
>>> LinkedIn is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our
>>> members'
>>> information and maintaining the mutual trust we share with our
>>> community.
>>>
>>> As part of our proactive efforts to keep our members and community safe
>>> from
>>> real and perceived threats, we vigorously monitor site activity. At
>>> various
>>> points in the LinkedIn site, you may be prompted to re-enter your
>>> password
>>> or you may be asked to type in distorted letters or numbers presented in
>>> a
>>> security challenge. CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to
>>> tell
>>> Computers and Humans Apart) is a security method commonly used by
>>> websites.
>>> This feature helps to distinguish human attempts to access the site from
>>> automatic, computer-generated attempts to access the site, a technique
>>> typically used by spammers.
>>>
>>> At various times, you could experience an increase in CAPTCHA prompts.
>>> To
>>> reduce the number of times you see the security challenge during the
>>> day,
>>> you might consider the following actions:
>>>
>>>   1. Enable cookies on your browser. (See your browser's help section.)
>>>   2. Ensure that you don't sign out each time you use LinkedIn during
>>> the
>>> day. We will remember your last login for a period of time which will
>>> allow
>>> you to bypass the login sequence (including the CAPTCHA prompt). We do
>>> recommend that you sign out at the end of each day.
>>>
>>> If you have difficulty distinguishing a particular CAPTCHA image, you
>>> can
>>> click on the "Try a different image" link. Audio CAPTCHA is also
>>> available
>>> by clicking the audio icon found on the "Security Verification" page.
>>> Source:
>>> http://linkedin.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linkedin.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_
>>> faqid=3065
>>>
>>> The catch is, at least for me, that I cannot find the audio icon.  This
>>> means I cannot accesss my account - even with a password.  This issue
>>> will
>>> persist - especially for the totally blind - until it is addressed by
>>> LinkedIn.
>>>
>>> END QUOTE
>>>
>>> If you are on Twitter, I encourage you to pressure @LinkedIn to get
>>> their
>>> act together. See: http://ow.ly/2lKvs & http://ow.ly/2lKxU
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Peter Donahue
>>> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 12:37 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>>>
>>> Hello Chris and everyone,
>>>
>>>    Upon reading the posts about this I checked for myself and was
>>> automatically logged in. Linked-In worked as it always does.
>>>
>>> Peter Donahue
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Danielsen" <cdanielsen8 at aol.com>
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder if this is only a problem with new accounts or only happens
>>> sometimes? Someone else on this list raised this issue last week but I
>>> was
>>> able to log into my own account with no problem.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:34 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>>>
>>> Can you hit Control to silence JAWS?
>>>
>>> Ah, the advantages of an external synth!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom Ladis" <tom at tomladis.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:09 AM
>>> Subject: [blindlaw] LinkedIn Has Been Made Inaccessible To The Blind
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>>
>>>> I received an invitation to connect to colleagues from the past through
>>>> www.LinkedIn.com.  I have used LinkedIn in the past and been able to
>>>> get
>>>> around with only a few problems.  It appears that they have added
>>>> real-time verification to the login process on top of the normal
>>>> username
>>>> and password.  They do offer the ability to have the image that they
>>>> present for real[-time verification, but the text is spoken at the same
>>>> time that JAWS announces the popup window.  This seems to me to be a
>>>> barrier and was not there the last time that I logged in to my account.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone else on here use LinkedIn?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
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