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.

    • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Yup, and they are being cut out of society everyday. Just losing your phone or even breaking it can be a figurative death sentence. Want to check your email from another device? Did you set up 2 factor with your phone?

      Yeah sorry, can’t access your email.

      • chunes@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        I’m at the point where I’m fine with it. If you want to cut me out for such a silly reason, I don’t want to be included in your dumb thing. I’ll find an alternative that treats me with respect.

    • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
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      8 days ago

      So those humans will go buy the cheapest they can find which is, surprise, Android + Google Play Services.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 days ago

        No. More likely those people just won’t visit that website and will very easily get the information that they were looking for from the next link down on the search results.

        Google are fucking idiots if they think otherwise.

        • antonim@lemmy.world
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          8 days ago

          the next link down on the search results

          Assuming we’ll have that at all or just AI summaries replacing the results.