Post #2210725
2026-05-07 11:00 UTC
In another sickening twist to Google's grasp on Android, Google can now require you to have an Android device with Google Mobile Services, or an iOS device with the reCAPTCHA mobile app installed, in order to solve CAPTCHAs.
https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652
and archive: https://archive.is/Fq196
#Google #reCAPTCHA #CAPTCHA #privacy #GMS #Android
Replies (3)
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@marta@corteximplant.com 2026-05-07 11:24
@alextecplayz@techhub.social the actual fuck??
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@the_moep@mastodon.de 2026-05-07 13:07
@alextecplayz@techhub.social Non-DDoS archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20251031235959/https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652 Also according to archive.org this article has existed since at least late last year. Seems that nobody really noticed it, lol
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@cmdrSprocket@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-07 18:16
@alextecplayz@techhub.social Being forced to scan random QR codes on random pages. What could possibly go wrong?