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submitted 1 day ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47972724

i encountered this for the first time today while attempting to read something on archive.today.

i confirmed that decoding the qrcode using a computer and following the URL it contains is insufficient; the error it gave directed me here which is what the linked screenshot is of.

the old type of captcha remains available too, for now:

screenshot of text: Important: Mobile verification for Google Cloud Fraud Defense is an experimental challenge type in Preview. Visual and audio challenges are available as alternatives for users who can't complete mobile verification. To use them, click the Visual  or Audio  buttons.

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[-] antonim@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago
  1. Hype up AI.

  2. Everyone starts scraping the internet to obtain training data for their AI.

  3. To block the scrapers, countless sites implement stricter bot detection tools.

  4. The owners of the bot detection tools now effectively hold all of the internet by its throat, deciding who can access what and extorting more and more data from you to verify you're human.

Fucking genius.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago
  1. Crypto comes out of nowhere with a steel chair and now we have to pay websites for access.
[-] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You can always build more bot detection tools, right? Or am I wrong?

this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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