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Google reCAPTCHA Update Sparks Concerns For Privacy-Focused Android Users (digitalescapetools.com)

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[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

From the article

"Not A Full Internet Lockout

Despite alarming headlines circulating online, the update does not completely block de-Googled Android users from accessing the web.

The impact depends heavily on:

Which anti-bot systems websites use
Whether advanced fraud protection is enabled
Browser fingerprinting settings
VPN or Tor usage
JavaScript restrictions
Device integrity status

Many users may never encounter these newer verification challenges at all"

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“…yet” people always forget that part. These are tests to gauge reactions and deployment abilities. How many people said “android will never be locked down” and the ones that were forecasting it were accused of overblowing it.

Google thrives off data collection, it has to close loopholes.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I see these fucking things ALL the time on Graphene. If I'm using VPN, even worse. Plenty of sites flat out block VPN source ranges. The internet has just been getting more and more insular based on the whims of a handful of companies.

I suppose I should consider my post-internet life.