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Google will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your hand (docs.cloud.google.com)
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[–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nothing on that page says it'll be forced upon you - it sounds like just another verification method alongside the regular reCAPTCHA ones.

I mean, I'm all for shitting on Google but I really doubt they're gonna prevent people who may not have a webcam from signing into Youtube as they need that sweet ad revenue. Others using Google's reCAPTCHA might but as someone else posted, the accessibility options that are available on any Google reCAPTCHA will remain so just click on the visually impaired option and listen to the robot read out a captcha for you if anything

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    it won't be for most users. it woll be for ones who opt out of optional / regulatory minimum data sharing, people connecting through VPNs, people using privacy focused browsers... basically the users they don't have entirely profiled with metadata.

    by taking a few steps to adblock and maintain privacy, ive noticed i get a lot more verification"checkpoints" from websites that are basically built on data harvesting compared to people who take no precautions.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yes exactly. My computer and browser are very locked down. Encrytped DNS, VPN, Noscript, Librewolf, Linux, etc. Because of this I simply cannot use most major websites. They will block me from accessing until I provide an account linked to a real person. Which I refuse to do. I tried to make a burner facebook account recently to sell on marketplace and couldn't do it because they wanted to scan my face, for example. I'm kinda just getting used to the idea that most of the internet is off limits to me now.

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