Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:04:01 -0500
From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>,
	"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>,
	Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim@commandprompt.com>, pgsql-www@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: captcha
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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@momjian.us>
> > To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> Cc: "Devrim GUNDUZ"
> > <devrim@commandprompt.com>; "pgsql-www@postgresql.org"
> > <pgsql-www@postgresql.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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