• 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.

  • zerofk@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Wait wait wait. To prove you’re human you have to read something designed for computers to read?

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      To be honest, most of what they use now is pretty easy for machines to do. Mostly because they’ve been using the captcha to train ocr and self driving.

  • MuteDog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 days ago

    This requirement will kick in the moment the system suspects suspicious activity. At that point, reCAPTCHA will forgo the old image puzzles and require you to scan a QR code with your smartphone to prove you’re human.

    How is this going to work if you’re browsing the internet on your phone??