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Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 18 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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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 139 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That means if Google’s verification system gets widely adopted, browsing the web could become a headache.

Using a phone to scan a QR code in order to access a website on my desktop is a headache even if it has no dependencies in particular.

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 31 points 15 hours ago

Unless it was the website I needed inorder to receive an organ donation, I would just close it.

I could claim that's an act of righteous protest, but really I just know that absent my needing a new liver, there's no website I would ever care enough about to get me to scan a QR code just to keep browsing.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have, multiple times, had to take a screenshot, send it to another device, and then display that QR code on that device so I can scan it. Nothing about using phones isn't a headache.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

I'm too lazy to take out the phone from my pocket.