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From: Jim C. Nasby <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Devrim GUNDUZ <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: captcha
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:04:01 -0500
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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" <[email protected]>
> > To: "Joshua D. Drake" <[email protected]> Cc: "Devrim GUNDUZ"
> > <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
> > <[email protected]> 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...)
-- 
Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant      [email protected]
Pervasive Software      http://pervasive.com    work: 512-231-6117
vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf       cell: 512-569-9461

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