[nfb-talk] Resolution on Captcha

[kaye zimpher]

Here is the resolution about Captcha.

RESOLUTION 2007-07
Regarding Elimination of Barriers Created by Online Security Measures

WHEREAS, an ever-increasing number of financial transactions are taking
place online, including bill paying, stock trading, account management, and
the
purchase of almost every imaginable kind of merchandise; and

WHEREAS, the vast sums of money now moving over the Internet tempt the
unscrupulous to develop schemes and scams to steal this money as Internet
users are
painfully aware from the all too familiar emails pretending to be from
various banks and institutions, which are not actually sent by them; and

WHEREAS, online merchants, financial institutions, and others recognize the
growth potential of the Web, but also realize that this growth will be
thwarted
if individuals are concerned about the security of their transactions; and

WHEREAS, for security reasons banks are rapidly adopting systems using the
method known as "visual CAPTCHA" because so far it cannot be circumvented by
computerized means, but requires a human to enter numbers displayed on a
screen; and

WHEREAS, visual CAPTCHA is impossible for blind people to use, and online
entities are developing yet other systems, also impossible for blind people
to
use, such as credit and debit cards whose security numbers change visibly in
accordance with a particular pattern; and

WHEREAS, all these security systems to eliminate fraud may also eliminate
blind people from engaging in financial transactions online; and

WHEREAS, security systems that prevent fraud and do not prevent blind users
are achievable and should be mandated by our country's laws requiring access
for the disabled: Now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention
assembled this sixth day of July, 2007, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia,
that this
organization call upon online merchants to find solutions that enhance
security but do not block the access of blind users to these extremely
important
online services; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization seek congressional or
regulatory solutions to this access barrier if online merchants choose to
protect security
only by closing out blind Americans.

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Here is the resolution about Captcha.
 
RESOLUTION 2007-07
Regarding Elimination of Barriers Created by Online Security Measures
 
WHEREAS, an ever-increasing number of financial transactions are taking
place online, including bill paying, stock trading, account management, and
the
purchase of almost every imaginable kind of merchandise; and
 
WHEREAS, the vast sums of money now moving over the Internet tempt the
unscrupulous to develop schemes and scams to steal this money as Internet
users are
painfully aware from the all too familiar emails pretending to be from
various banks and institutions, which are not actually sent by them; and
 
WHEREAS, online merchants, financial institutions, and others recognize the
growth potential of the Web, but also realize that this growth will be
thwarted
if individuals are concerned about the security of their transactions; and
 
WHEREAS, for security reasons banks are rapidly adopting systems using the
method known as "visual CAPTCHA" because so far it cannot be circumvented by
computerized means, but requires a human to enter numbers displayed on a
screen; and
 
WHEREAS, visual CAPTCHA is impossible for blind people to use, and online
entities are developing yet other systems, also impossible for blind people
to
use, such as credit and debit cards whose security numbers change visibly in
accordance with a particular pattern; and
 
WHEREAS, all these security systems to eliminate fraud may also eliminate
blind people from engaging in financial transactions online; and
 
WHEREAS, security systems that prevent fraud and do not prevent blind users
are achievable and should be mandated by our country's laws requiring access
for the disabled: Now, therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention
assembled this sixth day of July, 2007, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia,
that this
organization call upon online merchants to find solutions that enhance
security but do not block the access of blind users to these extremely
important
online services; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization seek congressional or
regulatory solutions to this access barrier if online merchants choose to
protect security
only by closing out blind Americans.