Posts by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
(DIR) Post #AOdw61nf0hHlmZ5wmm by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-16T12:34:22Z
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Even if I can prove I'm not a bot, the extra steps cost me critical time. #hCaptcha offers an "accessibility cookie" that you can set in your browser after completing a sign-in via email. This takes time, of course, and when I had finally completed this procedure and could return to the page where I needed to solve the CAPTCHA, my booking had already expired, forcing me to redo it.This costs time and energy - both resources that are more limited for persons with disabilities to begin with.
(DIR) Post #AOdw62RMd52plhfefg by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-16T12:34:23Z
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I know why CAPTCHAs are necessary - I'm a #webdev myself. I also know why Google ReCAPTCHA is so popular: It's basically plug and play, developers have to waste little thought and energy on bot detection and it's a pretty cheap service. Besides, many websites already use Google Analytics or Google Ads, so they already have access to the Google Cloud Platform.
(DIR) Post #AOdw635mCpN3n2Zvf6 by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-16T12:34:24Z
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But this omnipresence means a moral responsibility for #google to not obstruct the access to individuals with special needs - one they haven't lived up to yet.From accessing dating apps to ordering food, from submitting bug reports and feature requests to asking for help, from donating to worthwhile open source projects to interacting on social media - CApTCHAs make many tasks harder, if not impossible, for me.
(DIR) Post #AOdw63iPtAHNisemtE by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-16T12:34:24Z
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The answer is, I believe, moving the onus of proving that the client is legitimate from the person in front of the screen to the software that this person runs. This is the approach eg. Friendly CAPTCHA (https://friendlycaptcha.com/) takes: The client's browser has to solve a cryptographic puzzle; given the limitations of the runtime environment used by browsers, this typically takes 1-2 seconds - by which point the user typically hasn't finished filling out the form, so it's non-intrusive.
(DIR) Post #AOdw64S998rK0i3JAW by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-16T12:34:25Z
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The API is as simple as Google's, really, and the team (I reached out to them when I wanted to include Friendly CAPTCHA in one of my projects) seems very mindful about accessibility. I can't judge how good this type of bot detection is compared to Google ReCAPTCHA or hCAPTCHA, but in my opinion a certain trade-off in bot detection efficacy could be warranted for the HUGE accessibility benefit. No person should have to struggle to prove they're not a robot.
(DIR) Post #AOev8D99t9zCkyaU4m by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-17T13:01:48Z
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@charliebrownau Yes, I use refreshable braille displays. Those communicate with screen readers installed on the respective end device. And occasionally I need help, but usually this setup works for me - CAPTCHAs are one of the areas where I quite often require assistance.
(DIR) Post #AOeyfxMLOLfxV9XO76 by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-17T13:41:30Z
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@charliebrownau Sorry, but you don't know what causes my disabilities, you don't know my history (I have been to MANY doctors), you don't know my #diet and (most importantly) you don't know if I even want #tips like yours.The least you could do, out of #respect, is to #ask if I want to hear your opinion on what I should do.
(DIR) Post #AOmNSIrYVHb56ERUES by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-20T21:16:14Z
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Okay... #sysadmins of #mastodon, I need your input. I'm running #Postscreen on my #postfix #email #server to greylist email from so far unknown sources.I'm receiving an account verification email from a mail server evidently belonging to mailgun.net. The issue is they never use the same IP twice. I'd have to allowlist all possible IPs somehow, but I'm somewhat at a loss how.Hostname of the email server stays the same, but IP address constantly changes.
(DIR) Post #AOmNSJUYAImz3Agd0q by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-20T21:16:15Z
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Can I somehow get all possible IP addresses to a particular hostname? I don't want to trust all IP addresses associated with mailgun.net just cause one particular service sends (verification) emails through them...
(DIR) Post #AOvL4bgn78pahktmKW by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-25T11:07:50Z
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@nchia Absolutely harrowing.
(DIR) Post #AP84uMH0VDYFmmPORU by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-10-31T12:29:14Z
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Question for fellow #webdevelopers: How do you go about #privacypolicies #CookieBanners and the entire legal froth surrounding any #webapp?I feel deeply frustrated by this, as I don't have the legal knowledge to write legally sufficient yet understandable documents, and automated services that do exist usually just generate hard-to-read content rather than useful, informative documents.
(DIR) Post #APGy5TpikDyUhHSVc0 by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-04T16:40:41Z
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@Grantscheam Freundlicher Hinweis: Ein gutes Foto wird noch besser, wenn man ihm eine Bildbeschreibung gönnt :)... Denn dann können auch blinde Menschen (wie ich) damit etwas anfangen.
(DIR) Post #APIoEJwYH1KVPB9OyG by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-05T18:52:32Z
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@tilvids Well... I don't have a YouTube channel, but I've sometimes wondered whether I should create one. I'm deafblind yet tech-savvy - I'm sure people would be interested in watching content about this.Main problem is that video-editing sounds daunting to me, to be honest. But if one day I feel like I have the time and energy to learn how to do video editing, I'll probably opt for Peertube instead of YouTube ^^
(DIR) Post #APIpra2ITWCeZ07dWy by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-05T19:07:19Z
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@seb Out of curiousity: Yesterday for a while I kept getting a popup from #metatext stating an error: "Too many requests."Other such error popups (eg. request timed out) are semi-common but less persistent - for a while, I couldn't load any new content yesterday.Is that an #IOCX issue or a Metatext one? Any idea?
(DIR) Post #APIq3jisHmgG56plwG by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-05T19:13:22Z
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@seb Yeah, that's what I suspected, too. Thanks for the upgrade :) Anything we as users can do to help?
(DIR) Post #APXW3jhjhBXPIA2b5c by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-12T21:09:54Z
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@stux God, how I wished I could just run off to the Bahamas after lying through my teeth and making mistakes en masse... And it's not like he has to live as a poor schmuck there, either.
(DIR) Post #APXXVh5J859HEGxfc0 by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-12T21:11:43Z
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@stux Note that I'm still being kind by assuming he made mistakes rather than just being fraudulent front and centre.
(DIR) Post #APXXVi1ncbw89gKNma by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-12T21:24:39Z
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@labyrinth @stux Depressing.
(DIR) Post #APanrYBT5Fm8jhAOOG by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-14T11:13:30Z
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@stux @Gargron So, apparently you're a Russian state hacker now. Privet!
(DIR) Post #APeVzpiGm2SgsL9HrU by Tim_Boettcher@ioc.exchange
2022-11-15T13:42:31Z
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@seb In hopes not to spam you: Is there already a plan in place for the V4 update? The announced features sound awesome, but of course a major version upgrade with an existing user base is always thorny...