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OT - Mini Rant
I can't *STAND* those "type the text you see below" sign-in pages that
are completely indecipherable! They can put a jpeg picture on the page that will fool "smart" software without making the user type in their user ID and password and *GUESS* at what the picture says over and over and over again! Some even have a "press here for audible clue" so it's not like they don't know people have a problem with it. Sheesh, is My Yahoo worth all the trouble??!!! -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... I can't *STAND* those "type the text you see below" sign-in pages that are completely indecipherable! They can put a jpeg picture on the page that will fool "smart" software without making the user type in their user ID and password and *GUESS* at what the picture says over and over and over again! Some even have a "press here for audible clue" so it's not like they don't know people have a problem with it. Sheesh, is My Yahoo worth all the trouble??!!! -- Hugs, CatNipped I agree with you. One website I use has actually gone to using a font you can read. It's a fairly unusual font, but it mixes upper and lower case, and is definitely possible to read what you're supposed to copy. I don't know why they can't all do that. Joy |
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Joy wrote:
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... I can't *STAND* those "type the text you see below" sign-in pages that are completely indecipherable! They can put a jpeg picture on the page that will fool "smart" software without making the user type in their user ID and password and *GUESS* at what the picture says over and over and over again! Some even have a "press here for audible clue" so it's not like they don't know people have a problem with it. Sheesh, is My Yahoo worth all the trouble??!!! -- Hugs, CatNipped I agree with you. One website I use has actually gone to using a font you can read. It's a fairly unusual font, but it mixes upper and lower case, and is definitely possible to read what you're supposed to copy. I don't know why they can't all do that. A jpg wouldn't work to defeat bots trying to subscribe (or log on, etc). There's plenty of image processing software out there with character recognition that could decipher that pretty easily. I find these moderately annoying, but I realize that unfortunately, they're necessary. The only time it really bothers me is when a site is designed to be like a fortress by a self-important developer, for a site that wouldn't be worth hacking anyway. Protect my bank account any way you can. But do we really need to get through all that security to read a stupid magazine article?? Joyce -- "Bacteria, with a few more bells and whistles." -- Bonnie Bassler, describing human beings |
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