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
to prove you’re human, enter your credit card number
your pin, cvv and expiry date too, which confirms you are actually human
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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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There’s no way this is ADA compliant.
LOL, fuck off. How about instead I move on to somewhere less hostile toward the user instead?
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.
Fuck absolutely everything about this.
Any website that chooses to use this service will simply not get my traffic. If enough people feel the same, those websites will lose clicks and eventually tell Google to pound sand.
Imagine the utter hubris on these fuckers to think that people will get a google device just to access a website.
Or to think that an average user sitting at home would run to another room to grab their phone so they can verify themselves on the desktop just to visit blackcougar.com
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.
…just use a different website?
As easy as eating cake.
No.
I got one of these. They had accessibility options so I just did the auditory one. It says a couple words, you write them out, and you’re done. Like hell am I using a Phone for this shit.
