Re: captcha

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: captcha
Date: 2006-08-09 23:04:01
Message-ID: 20060809230401.GG27928@pervasive.com
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 12:18:26PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
> > To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> Cc: "Devrim GUNDUZ"
> > <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>; "pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org"
> > <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> Sent: 09/08/06 16:06 Subject: Re: [pgsql-www]
> > captcha
> >
> > > How are other web sites using captchas legally?
> >
> > Most aren't in .uk and would be liable to prosecution under the
> > Disability Discrimination Act if they were actually UK based.
> >
> > Paypal are the one site I recall that is good - they offer an audio
> > version of the captcha string for those that need it.
>
> Audio is a cool idea, I have to say. They add background noise, I am
> sure. ;-)

An even better idea are the pages that ask things like "what color is
the sky" (unless spammers have gotten clever enough to figure those out,
too...)
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com
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  • Re: captcha at 2006-08-09 16:18:26 from Bruce Momjian

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  • Re: captcha at 2006-08-09 23:34:51 from Devrim GUNDUZ
  • Re: captcha at 2006-08-10 00:02:41 from Joshua D. Drake

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