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:

screenshot of text: Important: Mobile verification for Google Cloud Fraud Defense is an experimental challenge type in Preview. Visual and audio challenges are available as alternatives for users who can't complete mobile verification. To use them, click the Visual or Audio buttons.

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
    27·
    5 days ago

    Yeah, it requires a phone that Google can positively identify and connect to a real name / google account somehow.

    Graphene OS won’t work, so this is a non starter for me. Any website using this will simply cease to exist in my eyes.

    • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      12·
      5 days ago

      Any website using this will simply cease to exist in my eyes.

      as i wrote in another recent thread on this topic:

      for some reCaptcha-using websites there actually aren’t alternatives. eg many governments, healthcare providers, public utilities, etc are using it :(