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Only approved phones can pass Google’s new reCAPTCHA, locking out privacy-focused alternatives (cybernews.com)
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[–] 50 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Recaptcha has been trash for years now. Like, it either doesn't bock bots, or it blocks actual real people. Don't use it. Use turnstile.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    turnstile

    Haven't heard of it before, looks to be made by Cloudflare. Cloudflare don't seem to be a totally awful company, but that's always just one CEO-change away.

    Their web site sounds promising, saying "Turnstile can generate multiple types of non-intrusive challenges to verify users are human, all without showing visitors a puzzle." and "Unlike CAPTCHA options, Turnstile never harvests data for ad retargeting."

    So how do they make money from this?

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