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Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android.

  • Your phone will need to be running Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater when the system asks you to scan a QR code for verification.

  • This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will fail the verification test by default.

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[โ€“] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for checking. That clarifies things a lot.

I guess we're fucked. reCaptcha is not used for visiting websites but for registering or submitting form. I can think of couple of cases where I'm required to complete captcha for online shopping or, ever worse, for work. Step by step they will force us all to either use approved devices or be locked out of big parts of the internet.

This is of course thanks to all the people shitting on Firefox over the years and saying that Chrome is just better and that there's nothing wrong with giving Google control over the web. So yeah, thanks.

[โ€“] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago

I had unsolvable captcha for Github once. Fuck ne, I guess. I just wanted to contribute something, but whatever.

Step by step they will force us all to either use approved devices or be locked out of big parts of the internet.

there's nothing wrong with giving Google control over the web

To quote a song about a "Fairytale of Doom":

Blinded by gold and blinded by diamonds
I let you chain me in silk
You told me lies, I drowned in your eyes
And in all those castles you built

Silver the treasure and gold in the cages
Nothing was quite as it seemed
And when I realized, you turned the key and
I saw your eyes full of greed
It was too late when I screamed

I try to stay optimistic that this won't be tenable. Giving in to despair makes it harder to muster the will to resist. But I won't deny it's getting tougher.