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Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones
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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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Ignoring the de-Googled phones for a sec: I assume if you're using a desktop, then the QR shows up and you have to drag out your phone to scan it in the camera app that then prompts to open the google play store. Dumb, but possible for people who have a phone with Android. What about those that don't? Would you need a google account?
Now if it's all on phone (using Chrome or Firefox or whatever) and pops up a QR code, you can't scan it... but the browser would have to open the play store directly and thats a huge security no-no. The browser shouldn't even know I have the Play Store.
I have a feeling the hundreds of us that are de-Googled ad just going to stop using these sites all together.
Yeah, so the hundreds of us won't be able to use the internet anymore if this passes
Awesome
Google doesn't care about screwing up the lives of thousands of people, as long as it can capture the information of millions.
At this part I'm genuinely starting to wonder which parts of the internet I really need.
We will (actually already have) make our own Internet, with blackjack, and hookers.
I'm not even de-Googled (yet) and I wouldn't bother with this shit. It's an instant close in that tab, and if it's something I need then I'll find another service.
Every app on your Android phone knows every other app you have installed. GrapheneOS are trying to solve this but it's challenging.
...and what about iPhone owners?
https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652
According to this support page only older iOS versions would need additional app. So I can assume Apple and Google collaborate on that and Apple added the "feature" in newer iOS already.
Bro wtf? Time to stop using the website using these anti-competitive captchas. I hope they get fined for this
Fined by whom? Every government on the planet is doing everything in their power to erode privacy from the internet, and they're using Apple and Google to do it.
And desktop users? Will Linux and any non-Google Chrome browsers be locked out now?
You'll probably have to install a Google app I guess.
What about people who use iPhones? Even if I used a normal google android I wouldn't want to be bothered to scan a qr code with my phone to verify myself every time