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Kevin Karhan

@FreakyFwoof +9001%
Captchas are ableist shite and should not be allowed to exist.

They are value-removing just like forced JavaScript and banning people for using Tor.

My basic accessibility benchmark is: If I can't use that site with Lynx Browser (running in an 80x25 characters terminal) over Tor, it's unaccessible to disabled users that need screenreaders, braille screens or other tools.

Stuff like HCaptcha forcing people to register and/or beibg able to track users should be illegal because there is no "legitimate interest" nor reason for it to exist besides being ableist:

We've got sufficient techniques to block bots and DDoS attacks already...

#Captchas #hCaptcha #accessibility #a11y #WebDesign #Enshittification #JavaScript #Captcha #Tor #lynx #anonymity #screenreader #privacy #tracking

19 February at 14:59 | Wall-to-wall | Open on infosec.space
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Océane

@kkarhan @FreakyFwoof Yeah, clearly Eugen Rochko doesn't give a shit. I'm not a resentful person, but he's among the few people I consider to have hurt too many people through computers, me included.

19 February at 15:37 | Open on peculiar.florist
mirabilos

@kkarhan @FreakyFwoof wasn’t it 60, not 80, in width for most Braille lines? (Though adding -nomargins gives six columns back.)

But, full ACK. I use lynx a lot as well.

19 February at 16:43 | Open on toot.mirbsd.org
Kevin Karhan

@mirabilos @FreakyFwoof

IDK, but I'd say that Lynx as Browser can at least be customized to just work and display contents even if one has a single line Braille Screen...

It's a good way to test accessibility and readability and also the only way to actually use the Internet on like EDGEland-level speeds [16kit/s] or even Iridium [2400bit/s] when combined with @ActionRetro 's #FrogFind ...

frogfind.com

github.com/greyhat-academy/lis

#Accessibility #enshittification #Webdesign #Testing #Narrowband #Iridium #directInternet #dialup #EDGEland #GSM #2G #lynx #Browser

@mirabilos @FreakyFwoof

IDK, but I'd say that Lynx as Browser can at least be customized to just work and display contents even if one has a single line Braille Screen...

It's a good way to test accessibility and readability and also the only way to actually use the Internet on like EDGEland-level speeds [16kit/s] or even Iridium [2400bit/s] when combined with @ActionRetro 's #FrogFind ...

19 February at 16:51 | Open on infosec.space
mirabilos

@kkarhan @FreakyFwoof @ActionRetro while I just use xterm (or the text console), I still prefer lynx over other browsers as I can set the fonts, sizes, colours, etc. myself, and I live in EDGEland, so… (though at home I at least have DSL). And I learnt to love #lynx when I was stuck behind 19k2bps dialup.

19 February at 17:14 | Open on toot.mirbsd.org
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