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Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android.
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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.
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This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will fail the verification test by default.
Ignoring the de-Googled phones for a sec: I assume if you’re using a desktop, then the QR shows up and you have to drag out your phone to scan it in the camera app that then prompts to open the google play store. Dumb, but possible for people who have a phone with Android. What about those that don’t? Would you need a google account?
Now if it’s all on phone (using Chrome or Firefox or whatever) and pops up a QR code, you can’t scan it… but the browser would have to open the play store directly and thats a huge security no-no. The browser shouldn’t even know I have the Play Store.
I have a feeling the hundreds of us that are de-Googled ad just going to stop using these sites all together.
Every app on your Android phone knows every other app you have installed. GrapheneOS are trying to solve this but it’s challenging.
Yeah, so the hundreds of us won’t be able to use the internet anymore if this passes
Awesome
At this part I’m genuinely starting to wonder which parts of the internet I really need.
Google doesn’t care about screwing up the lives of thousands of people, as long as it can capture the information of millions.
…and what about iPhone owners?
And desktop users? Will Linux and any non-Google Chrome browsers be locked out now?
https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652
According to this support page only older iOS versions would need additional app. So I can assume Apple and Google collaborate on that and Apple added the “feature” in newer iOS already.
Bro wtf? Time to stop using the website using these anti-competitive captchas. I hope they get fined for this
You’ll probably have to install a Google app I guess.
What about people who use iPhones? Even if I used a normal google android I wouldn’t want to be bothered to scan a qr code with my phone to verify myself every time