Principle 3 Understandable · Guideline 3.3: Input Assistance

3.3.9 Accessible Authentication (Enhanced)

Object or image recognition is not permitted for logging in either.

Level AAA New in WCAG 2.2

What this means in practice

The stricter version of 3.3.8: even “select all images with traffic lights” is out.

Normative wording

The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.

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