Re: [tor-dev] A proposal to phase out CAPTCHAs for BridgeDB

2021-08-02 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 04:46:37PM -0400, Cecylia Bocovich wrote: > I would like to propose that we remove the CAPTCHAs from BridgeDB > entirely, but I'd like to know whether there is research out there > *specifically that fits with the anti-censorship context* showing that > these CAPTCHAs are ac

Re: [tor-dev] A proposal to phase out CAPTCHAs for BridgeDB

2021-07-30 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 04:46:37PM -0400, Cecylia Bocovich wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We've been working on improving the usability of BridgeDB lately, and > our CAPTCHAs have been a constant thorny problem. They are not > accessible for blind users [0]. We've gotten many complaints over the > year

Re: [tor-dev] A proposal to phase out CAPTCHAs for BridgeDB

2021-07-30 Thread sajolida
Cecylia Bocovich: > Option 1: Just remove the CAPTCHAs already! > > We're tired of waiting and just want our bridges. > > Option 2: Do some science? > > We could make a new distribution bucket in BridgeDB that distributes > bridges through Moat without a CAPTCHA and have new versions of

[tor-dev] A proposal to phase out CAPTCHAs for BridgeDB

2021-07-29 Thread Cecylia Bocovich
Hi everyone, We've been working on improving the usability of BridgeDB lately, and our CAPTCHAs have been a constant thorny problem. They are not accessible for blind users [0]. We've gotten many complaints over the years that they are hard to use [1], I'm sure Gus and the community team members c