Another Google measure aiming to lock down Android.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

Another Google measure aiming to lock down Android.

"On Android, the new QR code reCAPTCHAs require Google Play services, which are only available in the official Android version provided by Google."

Google's new reCAPTCHA: Potential hurdle for Google-free Android variants

Google's new reCAPTCHA system requires Play services on Android systems. This could be a problem for Google-free variants.

heise online (www.heise.de)

[seq@infosec.exchange]

@Gina This is worrying. EU does also seem to be way too eager to allow Apple and Alphabet to run the show henceforth, blocking other alternatives. It seems that we soon won't be able to even pay our bloody bills without having a licensed Apple or Google phone...

I hope the article mentions that, Heise and their 193 partners will not let me read the article without either accepting cookies or subscribing, so...

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@seq yeah the cookies aren't ideal. The EU really needs to start focusing on the mobile ecosystem as the next frontier for digital freedom.

[chiraag@mastodon.online]

@seq @Gina Disable scripts and you can read the entire thing without accepting cookies

[seq@infosec.exchange]

@chiraag @Gina Yeah, I know you can usually circumvent things like that with that. I just don't. Just like I don't use AI I don't waste my time on visiting sites that do shit like this. Call me stubborn and petty, but that's just who I am. They're free to ask their 193 partners for their traffic and money.