For those curious:
- QR code: https://recaptcha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
- which resolves to: https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652
TL;DR:
Supported Environments for reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification:
- Android Devices:
- Google Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater.
- To verify Google Play Services version on an Android device, open Settings > Apps > All Apps > Google Play Services
- iOS/iPadOS devices for QR Code Scan:
- Version 15.0 or greater.
- iOS/iPadOS devices for “Click to Verify” Button:
- Version 16.4 or greater.
- Version 15.0-16.4 with the reCAPTCHA app installed.
Fuck Google
- Android Devices:
Yeah I’m not picking up my phone to use your website. Bye.
That really stinks. Does the audio version do anything different?
I did not try it and have closed the window after the popup because it was too ridiculous. I was able to find an article about this, looks like the rollout started a week ago https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-qr-code-recaptcha-requires-approved-phone/
This is beyond insane. ‘An approved device’. So, my device has to be approved by a fucking company. This is where all this bullshit has led. Companies now get to dictate the life of every person in the world. I’m going to be spending a lot of time away from the internet moving forward. Thank God we have Lemmy.
The following for furthur info: https://thebrainbin.org/m/degoogle@lemmy.ml/p/678383
Is it legit that Anubis needs cookies?
I would assume this was trying to deliver malware if I ever saw it
It’ll certainly cause more people to get malware by normalizing people to scan QR codes on a whim without thinking
It arguably is malware.
Probably still is. Scan it and let us know if you get malware.
It’s goes to recapt cha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
(Space addes to break the link.)
this must be a rickroll, right?
tbh I’d rather have a 5% chance of being rickrolled for each link I click for the rest of my life than having this stupid invasive captcha everywhere
Scan this QR code with your moble device to verify if you have been rickrolled. reCAPTCHA protects you from rickrolling and will not give you up and share your details with rickrollers nor it will let you down and desert you.
In hindsight I should have edited the QR code to redirect to that.
How are people surprised by this??? This change has been constantly in the news for weeks now. How are people missing this? Its basically googles way to bypass all the backlash to age verification, because most phones are linked to peoples identity, phone number, etc.
https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-qr-code-recaptcha-requires-approved-phone/
Yes, I “like” the surprises scanning a unknown QR code. I hate this crap, same as this short URLs, it’s not different from clicking on shady ad banners. A trustworth website don’t need this shit, hiding its domain.
The QR code point to https://recaptcha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
Your QR code scanner showns you the URL before you choose to open it, right? So I don’t really get the comparison to short URLs. As with any normal link, you get to see the link before you choose to “click” the QR code after you scan it.
Ah, yes, dark patterns are okay because they can be worked around. Got it.
I don’t understand, why is a QR code a dark pattern?
Edit: I have now read the entire Wikipedia page on dark patterns, I didn’t find one that would match.
Because a qr code is not a url. You might get one flashed, but it’s just like a 40 page eula: the amount of people who are going to pay attention is an order of several magnitudes smaller.
So it begins.
I won’t click on those Captcha pictures, so I’m sure as hell not scanning a QR code.
That’s what google’s been using to lockout non official Android forks like GrapheneOS. You can click on the eye icon at the bottom to get the regular captcha though… for now.
How does it stop those from scanning it?
Requires Google Play Services, from what I’ve heard, meaning it will only allow people who have phones pre approved by Google. I assume they also made some Apple service also acceptable. Can’t cut out their friends
Oh you can scan it, but as I recall they then force you to put your phone number in to finish the process.
Ffs
Good thing that everyone has a smartphone as a secondary device. God forbid you would not be able to scan a QR code, what are we, the middle ages?!?! (and I’m not even starting on the absurdity of why you would want to do it, that’s another point)
Any service implementing this shit will be on my list of never using it again. Even if my bank do such shit I’ll be moving to another one. Zero tolerancy. This is beyond the limits.
It’s easy to say this now. But what if, in a few years, 90% of websites and service providers use this?
I’ll be done using the internet!
I agree, and this is strictly because Google wants to kill forks like Graphene OS. Anybody who implements this is going to get their tab immediately closed on my browser and I’m never going back. I will have zero tolerance for this.
And also their domain will be in my deny filters. Fuck this.
oh no, it’s already happening… I must be ready
I think I read on a lemmy post the other day that archive.is… kills babies? I don’t remember what it was, but that they’re bad and shouldn’t be used because of the badness.
Apparenly DDOSing a blog iirc. You’re not allowed to use it over at the Europe community because of it.
DDOSing a blog that was doing free work for Big Copyright and Big Paywall by trying to doxx the archive.is operator.
They use your pc for a ddos attack every time you visit. Actual malware.
Btw I suggest URLCheck on F-Droid, it registers as a browser and allows you to check, clean, un-shorten links and so on before opening them
Does it actually correct the links for you? Like use invideous rather than YouTube or correct the useless parameters automatically?
