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I have emphasized numerous times in the past why you should not use #HCaptcha, especially in situations where equal access is vital. Their practices are not inclusive, locking out users who have no other way to access whatever the captcha protects. This blog post illustrates one of the scenarios: michaels.world/2023/11/i-was-b…
Here's to better captcha solutions in the future, or to indeed existing ones, such as mcaptcha.org/ #a11y #accessibility #blind #captcha
I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind | The Blog of Michael Taboada
Also known as: why you shouldn't trust a company who makes their product intensionally inaccessible with allowing you an accessibility workaround Update: I've been informed that hCaptcha now has a text captcha option.Michael Taboada (The Blog of Michael Taboada)
Found a new way #WebDesigners are blocking #Accessibility.
Because I am legally #Blind, with less than 10 degrees of vision, I cannot visually solve #Captchas
Because I am mostly #Deaf, I cannot solve vocal Captchas.
Therefore, I added block and solve Captchas extensions to my browser.
On three major sites - I could no longer access, as they had added Captchas that bypassed the blockers!
FaceBook, Amazon, and Submittable do not allow Captcha blockers.
So, I had not been able to access those sites at all for a while.
When I found Submittable blocking me today, for the first time, I decided to turn off the Captcha blockers, as they obviously aren't working.
Instantly, Amazon and Submittable are working.
I haven't tried FaceBook.
#CaptchaBlockers are and #Accessibility need for blind, deaf, #DeafBlind, and multiple other disabilities. It is Disability Discrimination for sites to block Accessibility Access helpers.
I shouldn't need a sighted and hearing person, likely a stranger, to be given my login information, username and password, to log me into every site I need to go to every day!
#Tech people, please respect people with disabilities. Disable and Remove Captchas. Disable and Remove Block the Block Captchas extensions.
I wasted a lot of hours trying to figure out why suddenly I could not login to sites.
Hours because some tech people decided to break and block accessibility for a DeafBlind #Author!
Please, please do not do this under any circumstance, if you care about your instance being accessible to the #blind and visually impaired (hint, you should).
#HCaptcha is a horrible example of how not to implement a #captcha solution, forcing people to register their email address and store a cookie, as well as disable cross origin restrictions on their devices in order to pass validation.
There are much better alternatives, such as the no-hassle github.com/mCaptcha/mCaptcha, which does not need any user input other than checking a checkbox. Alternatively, use captchas that provide text versions, e.g. via solving a math question or at the very minimum, provide an audio version, knowing that it is not ideal for the hearing impaired.
HCaptcha is NOT the future. #accessibility #a11y
GitHub - mCaptcha/mCaptcha: A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component
A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component - GitHub - mCaptcha/mCaptcha: A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend componentGitHub
