- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:25:16 -0700
- To: "Jon Hanna" <jon@spin.ie>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 02:37 AM, Jon Hanna wrote: > For that matter there is arguably a security risk in proposed systems > like > CC/PP. In identifying yourself as a screen-reader user you are > identifying > yourself as a member of a group who are sometimes actively > discriminated > against as well as discriminated against due to mere neglect of their > needs. This isn't a risk, in that the user (via the user agent's agency) should have the ability to decide what portions of a CC/PP profile to provide. > For example CC/PP would enable a company to prevent blind people from > getting past the first stage of a job application process while giving > the > company a plausible claim that they didn't know the applicant was > blind. Actually, it seems to me that such a claim would be far from plausible, if they've specifically coded their system to prevent access by screenreader users. In what way do you think that CC/PP enables illegal activities? I don't see it. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Author, CSS in 24 Hours http://cssin24hours.com Inland Anti-Empire Blog http://blog.kynn.com/iae Shock & Awe Blog http://blog.kynn.com/shock
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