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Re: False positives (was Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records)

2003-03-08 12:51:43
At 10:53 AM -0500 3/8/03, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
classic challenge response systems have a serious problem if the center of the message is a robot. For example, you purchase something on the net, you get

They also have another problem I haven't seen addressed. People are talking about Turing-test type challenges to prove you are human. So far all the ones I've seen proposed require that you can see. They will not pass federal requirements in the U.S. as they currently stand. And if they get widely deployed outside of the federal arena you are certain to see accessibility lawsuits. Solveable perhaps by including both visual and audio prompts, but someone should start thinking about it now.
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