• Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android.

  • Your phone will need to be running Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater when the system asks you to scan a QR code for verification.

  • This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will fail the verification test by default.

  • SteveEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    Or you tweak the AOSP build to declare itself a PC or something else?

    • DFX4509B@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      What if that’s not enough, what if this reCAPTCHA mandates Windows, macOS, or the upcoming AluminumOS on desktops too, or blocks desktops out entirely other than AluminumOS devices?

      • SteveEnglish
        6·
        1 month ago

        They can’t mandate, or block desktops. Too many possibilities. Too many old machines that can’t be updated.