RE: state of the list as I know it at this time ...
- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:18:04 -0400
I'm not questioning that there are ways around this. I'm questioning that
in reality, users do not follow such advice. And yes, one could then say,
you get what you deserve, but I just wanted to bring to light a significant
threat to privacy and security here.
Take care,
Sina
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:16 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: state of the list as I know it at this time ...
No, because you do the captcha thing before you even fill out the form. They
request you to do that for privacy and security. Read up on www.solona.net
and they'll tell you exactly what I've said.
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Chris Hallsworth
e-mail: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx
Skype: chrishallsworth7266
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: state of the list as I know it at this time ...
> Please use this service at your own risk. The security and privacy
> implications of such a service are truly too numerous to list.
>
> When you take the screenshot, your secret question, username, credit card
> number, mailing address, email address, and other private information
> could
> all be on the screen at the same time.
>
> Just watch out.
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris
> Hallsworth
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:23 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: state of the list as I know it at this time ...
>
> There's also solona (www.solona.net). This is different in that human
> operators solves the captcha for you. Basically you sign up for a free
> account, upload an image, then the operator will translate that image once
> they've found the captcha. This used to be complex but thanks to a small
> program which can even be run portably, this is more streamlined and
> automated. The images were generated by creating a screenshot of the web
> page with the captcha. Also Solona is browser independent. So just another
> option.
>
> --
> Chris Hallsworth
> e-mail: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Skype: chrishallsworth7266
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:19 AM
> Subject: Re: state of the list as I know it at this time ...
>
>
>> Jeff:
>>
>> YahooGroups requires captias, & there is no audio option. WebVisum can
>> solve these, but using firefox may be problematic for some. Believe
>> this or not, my experience is that NVDA actually does a better job
>> w/firefox than jaws. Don't know about W E.
>>
>> I have a creative writing group on googlegroups & I've had some
>> members complain about not getting mail, etc., but I can't seem to
>> find any reason for this & suspect their ISP (comcast) rather than
>> GMail. The sign up process for googlegroups is quite straightforward,
>> as it has an audio captia, but I prefer using webvisum for it instead.
>>
>> Webvisum requires an invitation from another user of the program, as
>> they have been spammed for their captia-solving abilities, though I've
>> heard that recently u can go to the home page & request an invitation
>> code w/o an invite. I don't know if that's accurate. U don't have to
>> have a gmail account to be in a google group, though you'll need 1 to
>> use its web interface. I think it's pretty much the same w/yahoo as
>> well.
>>
>> I can't say either google or yahoo groups support is great cuz it
>> isn't. B4 WebVisum, Yahoo never got back to me regarding captias I
>> couldn't solve, & googlegroups basically sends automated emails in
>> response to queries. So, I guess we get what we pay for lol.
>>
>> Good luck w/it all.
>>
>> On 7/14/09, Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I like google and yahoo a lot better.
>>> I can also give you a mailman account on my host if that would help,
>>> too.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Jeff Bishop
>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:17 PM
>>> Subject: state of the list as I know it at this time ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> OK, sit back and take a deep breath.
>>>
>>> As usual, Freelists support has been shall I say not very helpful.
>>>
>>> Apparently, all three accounts that I have moderated messages going to
>>> are
>>> not working (one gmail, one personal domain and one university account).
>>> Also, Freelists support states that the messages can not be resent.
>>>
>>> For this reason, messages sent earlier today will not be seen by the
>>> list
>>> and for that I am very very sorry.
>>>
>>> So, here is what I have done.
>>>
>>> I have un-moderated the list for the time being. I will keep a very
>>> very
>>> close eye on things for the next while and if I see anyone going off
>>> topic
>>> and ranting or slamming others on the list you will be sent an email and
>>> asked to stop. If you refuse then you will be removed from the list and
>>> not
>>> allowed to post.
>>>
>>> I would also like to ask members of the list what they would think of
>>> moving the list away from Freelists to Googlegroups where I have had a
>>> lot
>>> better luck in list control and actually things working. What do all of
>>> you
>>> think?
>>>
>>> Again, my most sincerest apologies.
>>>
>>> Jeff Bishop
>>>
>>>
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