I don’t have a smartphone and I keep running into more and more of these QR codes. If I, as a citizen, am required to get a smartphone for these QR codes, to do citizen-like things, then it should be a utility and prices for hardware and services should come way down.
Not even way down, actually provided. You dont pay for wheelchair accessibility or braille on the signs.
I mean we all pay for it with taxes and increased prices, but the wheelchair user isnt forking out personally.
My entry level job requires that I use 3 separate apps. How do you get around that?
In china it’s the norm. And I was feeling the same way, until I realized china takes way better care of its citizens vs USA. Everything is convenient, healthcare, etc.
This YouTuber goes into pretty good daily life of avg Chinese users.
In rural areas, don’t many Chinese not have running water? That doesn’t sound like they are taken care of.
I don’t know the answer to that, I’ve only been to Beijing.
But overall, id argue with healthcare, public transit, building a new hospital when covid hit specifically for it, it seems like they’re doing better than nickel and diming them to death like USA. It costs money to breath here. Their EV setup is off the charts too. Even Ford CEO complimented it and drives a Chinese EV.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-ceo-jim-farley-xiaomi-tesla-chinese-ev-2026-4
Chinese new chargers - https://youtube.com/shorts/KhoRJQUA6dA
The great Chinese achievement last century was lifting hundreds millions out of people poverty. That wont be everyone and some will still be living rough.
I know a few people that live in rural USA and tap the ground for free water. Waste water from shower goes on random land and brown water into septic and get emptied when full.
Super cheap compared to my city water.
On the flip side they have complete shit internet access while I got fiber.
They have to drive a ways (1 hr) for groceries and I got like 5 within 10in drive. Hell I could walk 20min to a convenience store or two.
Where I live (US) lots of people don’t have running water, not even wells. People live in their cars, in RVs, in tents. Having to bathe in gas station restrooms. US isn’t going to fix it either, it’s a feature of capitalism, the only way they keep us working such shit jobs is with the threat of homelessness. Home ownership in China is really high, like over 95%. Having that freedom would mean that I could do rainwater catch if I was in a rural area, lots of rural homes (esp eco homes) in the US catch rainwater and store it, like for an off-grid setup. I’d say making sure people own homes so they can be more self-sufficient is taking care of them in one of the most important ways. Letting them own a part of the wealth of their nation instead of squatting under overpasses because they can’t afford rent
You get by without a smartphone? I was really late to get one but you just can’t function in today’s society without one where I’m at. In the Heart of Darkness here.
Just like they did with automobiles!
That’s actually a really good point! 🤔
Yes, I “like” the surprises scanning a unknown QR code. I hate this crap, same as this short URLs, it’s not different from clicking on shady ad banners. A trustworth website don’t need this shit, hiding its domain.
The QR code point to https://recaptcha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
Your QR code scanner showns you the URL before you choose to open it, right? So I don’t really get the comparison to short URLs. As with any normal link, you get to see the link before you choose to “click” the QR code after you scan it.
I would assume this was trying to deliver malware if I ever saw it
Probably still is. Scan it and let us know if you get malware.
It’s goes to recapt cha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
(Space addes to break the link.)
Yeah I’m not picking up my phone to use your website. Bye.
I just scanned it and now the entire nation of Bangladesh has my phone number
Congrats on your million dollars though!
Isn’t scanning random QR codes super risky? This is just begging to be abused…
Absolutely
I never trusted it, I’ve never in my life scanned a QR code with my phone. But I never learned about it so whatever I just naturally do not trust anything computer.
Ah yes, my very real human ability of scanning QR codes. Truly an inherent characteristic of humanity.
Prove I’m human? Sure… [closes tab]
It must be illegal
That’s what google’s been using to lockout non official Android forks like GrapheneOS. You can click on the eye icon at the bottom to get the regular captcha though… for now.
How does it stop those from scanning it?
Oh you can scan it, but as I recall they then force you to put your phone number in to finish the process.
Ffs
Send an email to their webmaster if you haven’t already. The more of us, the better.
Really only way to fight back… There are alternatives to this shit
it feels like an updated version of “strongly worded letter”
If you click the eye icon at the bottom you can go back the original captcha. For now at least.
Also I have no idea why archive.is uses reCAPTCHA from google! You’ve set up monaro as your only donation system so clearly you care about privacy but you haven’t implemented an open source captcha?
Yeah, their privacy, not yours, evidently
Btw I suggest URLCheck on F-Droid, it registers as a browser and allows you to check, clean, un-shorten links and so on before opening them
Does it actually correct the links for you? Like use invideous rather than YouTube or correct the useless parameters automatically?
you should be able to use the pattern module for that
These are so useless. A barrier that is likely already broken by bots.
crosspost it to
c/actually_infuriating
