Capchas are a negative incentive for the users you actually want to
communicate with, across the board. They're frustrating, they can leak
private information, and they have accessibility issues.

Have you considered using a honeypot form field?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36227376/better-honeypot-implementation-form-anti-spam

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:12 AM Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> <soapbox>Captchas are like frequently expiring passwords with ridiculous
> validation requirements and canned security questions people can't remember
> the answers to --  great examples of solutions built around administrative
> concerns at the expense of the users they're meant to serve.</soapbox>
>
> I cannot fathom how difficult they must for anyone with any accessibility
> issue. Despite having every advantage, I fail them often and repeatedly
> enough that I actively avoid sites that use them.
>
> kyle
>
> I can sometimes be stuck for a looooong time trying to get the recaptcha
> > right and having it refreshed a few times because I got it wrong. I
> usually
> > click every square that has any part of the ‘thing’ I’ve been asked to
> > identify in it. Sometimes also the images are so murky it’s hard to tell
> > what I’m looking at, so I’m just guessing.
> >
> >  University Library  | St Teresa’sLiterary agency y
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> > Telephone: +61 8 9433 0707 | Email: [log in to unmask]<email to:
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> >
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Thomas San Filippo
> > Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2019 2:23 AMmo: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace reCAPTCHA
> >
> > The one that asks you to identify traffic lights always throws me. Do
> > the poles count as part of any traffic light or just the bulbs? If ito's
> > got
> > just the bulbs, should I exclude a panel that only has part of the
> > traffic light housing and no bulbs?
> >
> >
> > *Thomas San Filippo*
> > /Systems and reCAPTCHA Technology Liaison/
> >
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> >
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> > On 4/23/19 1:04 PM, Kate Deibel wrote:
> > > Two things to consider about reCAPTCHA.
> > >
> > > One, its accessibility has often been a mixed bag, which is common for
> > most Google widgets. Despite being widely used, Google tends to
> > deprioritize fixing accessibility complaints on them. Also, Google
> appears
> > to only focus on screen reader access, which means that other assistive
> > tools, even keyboard navigation, may cause issues. In general, captchas
> are
> > viewed as one of the biggest barriers to accessibility out there. And no,
> > the sound alternatives are not a panaceas and typically add even more
> > difficulty in getting past the captcha.
> > >
> > > Two, it can create cultural barriers if the image verification task
> > appears. I've seen some tasks that ask me to identify storefronts, but I
> > failed because I clicked an image of a stand at a farmers market. Others
> > have asked for trucks but where do you draw the line? I consider a
> delivery
> > van a truck? These might seem minor cultural impasses, but it gets worse
> > when it comes to language. Supposedly, reCAPTCHA will use the default
> > language of the browser unless you override it in the link during setup.
> > However, not all users get to change a browser's default language due to
> > security restrictions on the machine. This penalizes users who are not
> > fluent in the default language of the browser.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Katherine Deibel | PhD
> > > Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
> > > Syracuse University Libraries
> > > T 315.443.7178
> > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > > 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
> > > Syracuse University
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> > [log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of TAILOR, BHAVIN
> > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:59 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace reCAPTCHA
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > Apologies for the repost if you got this elsewhere. Have any of you
> > successfully integrated reCAPTCHA or another spam reducer into
> > ArchivesSpace? We've had issues with spam emails coming through the
> > resource request form and reCAPTCHA makes sense since we have it
> elsewhere
> > but we haven't quite gotten the serverside validation side of things
> > figured out in ArchivesSpace. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I
> know
> > some institutions have just disabled the request feature but where's the
> > fun in that?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bhavin
> > >
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