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"Scan to Verify You're Human": Google's reCAPTCHA is trialing a new "experimental challenge type" which requires desktop users to use an Android or iOS device to be able to pass it (thelemmy.club)
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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.

OC writeup by @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Speaking of the crossroads and fire hydrants and motorbikes... I fucking hate recaptcha these days. I used to be able to go through those annoying fuckers first try. Now it's either I sit through that slow as hell sequence that fades out and in new pictures at a glacial pace and lose it, or I go through the ones where I'm expected to select several tiles in several big pictures (no longer just a single one) and inevitably I always fail this one. It's gotten so bad I've resorted to audio captchas in a few cases. Am I the only one?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    The tile select ones never work for me. I just click random squares until the fading one comes up. And that's only if I really care about whatever link it is. hCaptcha and arkoslabs are so much better

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