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Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA

📝 Discussion Summary (Click to expand)

1. Google’s tightening controlover web access

“Google, a multi‑billion dollar company, is going to make the customers of their corporate clients pull out a phone and do some bullshit just to visit a website.” – dangus

2. Exclusion of non‑smartphone users & added friction

“I will be unable to solve the phone verification because I use LineageOS for microG, but any fraudster can just buy a bunch of $30 Android phones.” – Hizonner

3. Distrust of Google and demand for alternatives

“There are literally dozens of open source alternatives that aren’t feeding the Do‑Be‑Evil company…” – bobbiechen

4. Surveillance‑by‑attestation and ecosystem lock‑in

“The attestation will include a unique ID of the phone, so that if you get banned you have to keep buying new phones and keep paying money to Google.” – tardedmeme


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