From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-05T14:37:30+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] flatulent-0.0.2 - ajax gets stinky


On Jul 4, 2007, at 11:52 PM, list. rb wrote:

> There's probably a reason why this isn't used, but, I couldn't help  
> but ask.
>
> Instead of asking the user to 'Enter what you see', why don't the  
> questions
> vary?
>
> I.e.,
> - enter ONLY the letters [A-Z] you see
> - enter every other character
> - enter the text backwards
> - enter only numbers
> - enter the number of times 'A' has occurred
> - enter the number of vowels
> - enter the RED letters only (assuming there was color in each  
> character)
>
> My assumption is that this wouldn't be user friendly? --It would  
> definitely
> add to the complexity of cracking I would think..
>
>>
>>
>>
these kinds of questions are  a little to simple and logical. It  
needs to be more wordy!
also, colors tend to be trouble for accessiblity issues. Some people  
are color blind.
longer phrases or even a question itself as the captcha are better.
If the question is a captcha and the answer is a word that any human  
could answer, even if it means doing a quick google for the answer,  
it would be better. Machines can't get that stuff.
question:
(as a captcha)
What is Michael Jackson's brother's last name?

or

If you had 3 hands, how many thumbs would you have?