accessibility of web of trust
"Craig Mcgee" <craig.mcgee-iEfuqNDpmZ/[email protected]> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:42:33 -0000
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------=_NextPart_000_0139_01D4E425.341E4970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, my name's Craig, and I thought it best to post this to the = development list, rather than support, as it's more of an issue that = devs will need to sort out, than a help request, as I already got a = friend to help in this instance. I am totally blind, so use software on my computer that reads everything = back to me, like text to speech, but it doesnt read captchas. I have = another bit of software that can solve captchas but only one per page, = so the web of trust page, for instance, that has 17 or so captchas on it = can't cope with it, so this creates an access barrier. Luckily I had a = friend I could send over the screen shots of the pages too, to get them = to send me back the captchas, but this isn't really the point. I understand that there needs to be tight security, to stop people = creating identities on web of trust, and then using said identities to = spam and be trusted inherantly, without proving that they are actually = human, and the fact the system is anonymous wouldn't obviously allow for = people to use things like twitter or facebook to verify their web of = trust identity, but I'm hoping that someone can come up with an idea = that is more accessible than captchas, but still keeps out bots. I = thought maybe logic questions, or mathematical questions but I dont know = if bots are clever enough to understand those, I suspect some are, so = i'm not sure of the solution? Maybe a system where if you are blind you're advised to email either the = support or development list with your web of trust ID and ask for = someone to validate it and add it to a list of ids that would be = manually trusted by developers after it passes some sort of anti spam = test. if there was a sudden spike in emails, and say 100 emails came in = in five minutes, then the people on the list would be more wary thinking = it was spam, as its more manual than the captcha process and this might = be the way to do it? take care craig. ------=_NextPart_000_0139_01D4E425.341E4970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" http-equiv=3DContent-Type= > <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hello all, my name's Craig, and I thought = it best=20 to post this to the development list, rather than support, as it's more of = an=20 issue that devs will need to sort out, than a help request, as I already go= t a=20 friend to help in this instance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I am totally blind, so use software on my = computer=20 that reads everything back to me, like text to speech, but it doesnt read= =20 captchas. I have another bit of software that can solve captchas but only o= ne=20 per page, so the web of trust page, for instance, that has 17 or so captcha= s on=20 it can't cope with it, so this creates an access barrier. Luckily I had a f= riend=20 I could send over the screen shots of the pages too, to get them to send me= back=20 the captchas, but this isn't really the point.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I understand that there needs to be tight = security,=20 to stop people creating identities on web of trust, and then using said=20 identities to spam and be trusted inherantly, without proving that they are= =20 actually human, and the fact the system is anonymous wouldn't obviously all= ow=20 for people to use things like twitter or facebook to verify their web of tr= ust=20 identity, but I'm hoping that someone can come up with an idea that is more= =20 accessible than captchas, but still keeps out bots. I thought maybe logic= =20 questions, or mathematical questions but I dont know if bots are clever eno= ugh=20 to understand those, I suspect some are, so i'm not sure of the=20 solution?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Maybe a system where if you are blind you'= re=20 advised to email either the support or development list with your web of tr= ust=20 ID and ask for someone to validate it and add it to a list of ids that woul= d be=20 manually trusted by developers after it passes some sort of anti spam test.= if=20 there was a sudden spike in emails, and say 100 emails came in in five minu= tes,=20 then the people on the list would be more wary thinking it was spam, as its= more=20 manual than the captcha process and this might be the way to do it?</FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>take care</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>craig.</FONT></DIV><div style=3D"backgroun= d-color: #DDDDDD; padding: 8px; margin-top: 10px; color: black; font-family= : verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><img src=3D"http://ts.msgtag= .net/bfC/iBcyC/sobqdB/fw/mqos/fE/BuA/mjlBcal.gif" alt=3D" " border=3D"0" id= =3D"MSGTAGImage"/> GM Services International has been informed that you have read this message= . 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