[91665] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP wants to stop outgoing web based spam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Jakma)
Wed Aug 9 18:27:52 2006
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:22:54 +0100 (IST)
From: Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
To: Matthew Black <black@csulb.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Matthew Black wrote:
> Use of "captchas" has serious accessibility issues:0
> visually-impaired users will have trouble completing forms. From a
> legal standpoint, this is a no-go and most definitely not possible
> for any government or public-sector agency in the United States.
Ditto for at least one EU jurisdiction, and likely several more of
them.
I can't quite remember if there already is a directive issued, but
there definitely was/is an EU working group looking at a variety of
equality issues.
In Ireland, captchas would likely contravene the Equal Status Act of
2000 with respect to providing services, which applies to *all*
persons and bodies. I believe the UK may have similar legislation in
force (though I can't recall the name of the act).
Turing tests can /easily/ be implemented in ASCII, which is
compatible with screen readers used by the visually impaired.
regards,
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Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A
Fortune:
"I have not the slightest confidence in 'spiritual manifestations.'"
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