Hi, John, I'm pretty sure the screen curtain is localized to the monitor, i.e. it blocks the view only from people looking at the physical monitor.
Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:00 AM, John D. Lipsey <johnl1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does this software work if you have screen curtain enabled? I always have my > screen curtain on, because i don't want people peering at my screen when I'm > out in public and all. I'm just wondering if this is something I'll have to > turn off every time I go to a page that could potentially have a CAPTCHA. > > DFTBA! > > John D. Lipsey > johnl1...@gmail.com > Twitter: @J_TGL > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:11, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Well, I'm not sure how much they see. I know that one day there was a field >> to put in a coupon and rumola attempted to solve it as a captcha; I would >> think that if they saw everything is would have been obvious that this >> wasn't a captcha. We each have to draw our own lines when it comes to >> privacy risks; I suspect that if we were totally aware of all the possible >> risks many of us would consider whether we should be online at all. That >> doesn't mean we should be fatalistic and take any and all risks without >> thought or preparation, but I think it does mean we always need to keep in >> mind that we are taking risks just by being connected to the Internet and >> then we have to decide how best to protect ourselves and which risks are >> acceptable and/or necessary. >> >> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> May the words of my mouth >>> and the meditation of my heart >>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>> >>> >> >> >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 1:48 AM, Nicholas Parsons >> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Rumola is fantastic, but I'm a little bit worried about the privacy issues. >>> What I didn't realise when I first started using it is that it uses real >>> life people to solve the CAPTCHAs for us. I'm not sure if it sends each >>> webpage you open to someone to determine whether there is a CAPTCHA or not, >>> or whether it electronically detects whether or not there is a CAPTCHA and >>> then, if there is one, sends a picture of the webpage to a person to be >>> solved. I suspect the latter. Either way, however, I'm a little concerned >>> about the privacy implications. Those CAPTCHAs usually show up on pages >>> where I am entering lots of personal details, including name, address, and >>> often credit card details. Do the people solving the CAPTCHAs also get to >>> see that info? If not, how does it make sure that only the CAPTCHA info, >>> and not other info on the webpage, is sent to the person? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
