• 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.

  • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
    9·
    4 days ago

    I have, multiple times, had to take a screenshot, send it to another device, and then display that QR code on that device so I can scan it. Nothing about using phones isn’t a headache.

      • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I spend most of my day without a phone near me. I hate phones, this won’t encourage me to do anything but pull further away.

        I suppose that is a win. Real life isn’t happening on a screen.