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At least according to a person who contacted Swedish civil rights organization, Civil Rights Defenders. In case you don’t know, Captchas are:<\/p>\n
… those irritating, unintelligible words that you have to type into that little box on secure websites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, Civil Rights Defenders used Captchas to “attempt to verify the empathy levels of people filling in the Captchas. They…<\/p>\n
…ask users a civil rights-related question and provide three opinion-based answers. For example: “The Albanian Vice Minister of Defense, Ekrem Spahui, thinks that gays should be beaten up with a stick. How does that make you feel? Fascinated, homesick, or terrible?” Then lets you through if you input the right answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
However, a person named “Tom” didn’t care for his Captcha options and wrote an unhappy email to the organization.<\/p>\n
Chaptchas are annoying. But they’re better than the flood of spam comments I’d otherwise get. Nonetheless, I’m not sure that selection a “correct” option is the ticket either. There’s a bit to ponder with this story… I have mixed feelings on the whole conversation realizing both sides have a valid point.<\/p>\n