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Congress to add captcha-like facilities to email?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:40:48 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Harry Hochheiser <hshoch () gmail com> Date: June 15, 2006 4:20:38 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: For IP: Congress to add captcha-like facilities to email? Dave: Haven't seen this discussed on IP.. It seems that Congress is considering requiring CAPTCHA-like authentication for email from constituents. Users would be required to answer a simple math question before emails would be sent.The prototype site can be found at http://www.house.gov/writerep/ lp_demo.shtml
As currently implemented, it's very simplistic: There seem to be one or two template questions that could easily be defeated by screen-scraping the HTML. I'm guessing that an image-based method might be more effective, but possible not in compliance with usability requirements for people with poor vision ---- Article athttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/ AR2006061100691.html?sub=new
Finding Fault With Logic of Congress's E-Mail Plan By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Monday, June 12, 2006; Page D01 Congress to Lobby Groups: Drop Dead! That could be the headline on the latest development from the House of Representatives. Last month the House quietly began to make it harder for interest groups to send large numbers of e-mails to lawmakers .... ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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