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:
That’s it. JavaScript was a mistake. Time to go back to HTML only pages
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I meanf you can do this flow without JavaScript: The server renders a QR code and sends it in a static web page and on Android, you register a URL handler to do the rest of the flow.
This? This is the JavaScript straw that broke your back?
Are you implying that Spice Hoarder is a camel?
I can neither confirm nor deny these claims