Re: CAPTCHA alternatives/pitfalls

Gregory J. Rosmaita, Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:43:43 +0000:
> so, is it no longer politically incorrect to say that english is the
> lingua franca of the web / web based technologies? (wink)

I of course can't stand the way ASCII is favoured in UTF8. (wink)
 
> i think that JohnF hit the nail on the head when he pointed out the 
> advantages of universal password solutions such as those that allow
> you to verify yourself by logging into a service such as twitter or
> facebook or by using OpenID type solutions, if not OpenID itself...

Sure! But if you have a bad hair day, you may not feel like becoming a 
member of Facebook just to post a comment in a blog ... 

> the alternative to CAPTCHA type challanges is verification of humaness 
> which transpires under-the-hood, in the background, after an initial 
> challange (such as a specific userID and password combination)

Handshaking. ;-) Like my fax used to do ...
-- 
leif halvard silli

Received on Friday, 19 March 2010 02:00:12 UTC