Today on Slashdot, Why the CAPTCHA Approach Is Doomed. Though CAPTCHA’s alleged doom is due to its technical limitations rather than its accessibility problems, the sooner its demise, the better.
TechnoBabble Pro writes “The CAPTCHA idea sounds simple: prevent bots from massively abusing a website (e.g. to get many email or social network accounts, and send spam), by giving users a test which is easy for humans, but impossible for computers. Is there really such a thing as a well-balanced CAPTCHA, easy on human eyes, but tough on bots? TechnoBabble Pro has a piece on 3 CAPTCHA gotchas which show why any puzzle which isn’t a nuisance to legitimate users, won’t be much hindrance to abusers, either. It looks like we need a different approach to stop the bots.”
CAPTCHAs may be ubiquitous, even on accessibility websites and blogs, presents serious difficulties for the visually impaired. Partial solutions, like audio CAPTCHAs, have their problems.
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