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"Scan to Verify You're Human": Google's reCAPTCHA is trialing a new "experimental challenge type" which requires desktop users to use an Android or iOS device to be able to pass it (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47972724

i encountered this for the first time today while attempting to read something on archive.today.

i confirmed that decoding the qrcode using a computer and following the URL it contains is insufficient; the error it gave directed me here which is what the linked screenshot is of.

the old type of captcha remains available too, for now:

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[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you haven’t already divested from Google and its related services then now is the time.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

problem is their captchas are used outside their shitty ecosystem too

[–] traceur402@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not if this abuse finally succeeds in driving away other peoples' customers. Captcha losing people money makes captcha go bye bye

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i have a feeling normies will begrudgingly accept it, and retroactively justify it with some security bullshit google puts out.