[nabs-l] FW: a new type of captcha

[T. Joseph Carter]

And I have received a reply.  It seems the makers are aware of the 
problem and are considering what will work, but they want something 
secure.  I suggested expecting the blind person to associate common 
sounds (the toilet flush, a duck's quack, etc) with the word that 
goes with it.

I did point out that CAPTCHAs are annoying and will prove ineffective 
in the long run--I even described a trivial means to defeat any and 
every CAPTCHA invented now or in the future.

We shall see what comes of it.

Joseph


On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 07:54:19AM -0700, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
> Liz,
>
> I've submitted a comment, complete with a suggestion for how to do it  
> the way a blind person would need to.
>
> Greatly amused by the use of a toilet in a CAPTCHA.
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:23:16PM -0400, Liz Bottner wrote:
>> Hi, 
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought this might interest some.
>>
>>
>>
>> Liz
>>
>>
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>> email: 
>>
>> liz.bottner at gmail.com 
>>
>> Visit my livejournal: 
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>> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
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>>
>> Follow me on Twitter: 
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>> http://twitter.com/lizbot 
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>> Consider helping blind and visually impaired Delaware students in the March
>> for Independence:
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>> am&fr_id=1050>
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>> m&fr_id=1050 
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>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all. I read an article about a new type of captcha that could leave
>> us in
>>
>> the dark all over again, so I thought it would be of interest. It's
>> based on
>>
>> 3D image-identification. See
>> http://news.cnet.com:80/8301-17938_105-10204300-1.html?tag=nl.e703
>>
>> I tried to contact YUNiTi, the captcha's designers, but of course the
>> contact form had the same style of captcha. So I contacted the article's
>> author, who was kind enough to put me in touch with the co-founder of
>> the
>> company. The poor guy was stimied by the idea of giving us a viable
>> alternative, but he says if anyone has one, he'd be happy to hear it.
>> So...if anybody does, email me off list and I'll give you the
>> co-founder's
>> email address. he said I could give it out as long as I didn't post it
>> anywhere.
>>
>> I hope, by getting this article out there, someone might have a flash of
>> brilliance that might help us all, since if this takes hold, it would
>> render
>>
>> WebVisum obsolete.
>>
>>
>>
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