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:
Looks like a very good way to shoo actual humans off of your website.
Nice captcha. Would be a shame if someone intentionally injected malicious code that had users scan a QR code under the guise of security.
And had the qr code rickroll them, because that’s really a good song and dude got pipes
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Hype up AI.
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Everyone starts scraping the internet to obtain training data for their AI.
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To block the scrapers, countless sites implement stricter bot detection tools.
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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.
You can always build more bot detection tools, right? Or am I wrong?
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No malicious site would ever fake this kind of flow in order to get someone to scan a dangerous QR code. Nope, that would never happen.
to prove you’re human, enter your credit card number
No.
LOL, fuck off. How about instead I move on to somewhere less hostile toward the user instead?
Just another reason to not use Google.
I still won’t order online from a store that won’t show me shipping cost without a full address and phone number. I’ll give them the zip code, that’s all they need, that’s all they get before I decide.
Is an android emulator able to bypass this? Just curious - I haven’t started the degoogle process.
I would guess not, given the other recent news about degoogled Android devices also being unable to pass reCAPTCHA.
On the bright side, this means they are really worried that privacy practices such as those popular among the Lemmy crowd can make their surveillance expensive or maybe even impractical at scale, rather than profitable. I’m never sure if it’s working, with firmware and all. Almost a good sign? Am I deluded?
A good way to force the user to use by Google controlled devices and to download Google services for more control by Google. Also a good way that the user show the middle finger to Google, using alternatives.
Absolutely not
I had encountered this terrible captcha before. I just refresh the page until old captcha appear.
…just use a different website?
As easy as eating cake.
