Google's reCAPTCHA Fails De-Googled Android Users, Impacting Privacy (thecodersblog.com)

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Google's reCAPTCHA service is reportedly broken for users on de-Googled Android devices, raising accessibility and privacy concerns.

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[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 12 points 3 days ago

While Android users are effectively locked out, iOS users, even those running older versions, have more flexibility.

This is what I’m not understanding: are they doing user-agent sniffing or perhaps using a proprietary JavaScript API? Couldn’t de-Googled browsers just pretend to be iOS (as ugly as that would be)?

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

IOS users need to download the recaptcha app.

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 3 days ago

I’ve never had to install it; granted I only disable my Google blockers when I need to do something serious (like paying bills) but I’ve never installed the app.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

It's new and they have documentation. My guess is that the global rollout hasn't been done yet and that it will come progressively.

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