• FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      23·
      12 days ago

      That’s a good example of why I believe we can’t tech our way out of Google & Apple control. “Just use Linux bro” can’t save us. Everything gets locked down behind a “trusted platform” Android or IOS gate.

      It’ll be sold to the public as protecting the children, ofc. Or protecting us from terrorists. Or as an important tool in the fight against scammers. Or w/e. There will be reasons. But the end state is techno-fudalism.

    • Zerush@lemmy.ml
      1·
      10 days ago

      There are extensions for it in the stores, but better extensions or apps to traduce short URLs and QR codes (I hate this shit) into clear URLs, to avoid surprises.

      • Flying_Lynx@lemmy.ml
        1·
        10 days ago

        That’s not the point. They want me to connect with a phone and do all kinds of weird things with that information.

        I made an offline QR decoder to deal with that nonsense, still have to go to some linkexpander website. All of HTML must be recreated with huge javascript libraries, but the URL has to be in a tiny form… Their priorities are not my/our priorities.

  • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works
    28·
    12 days ago

    “Read this imagine designed to be read by machines to verify that you are not a machine”

    We have gone insane

    • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      12 days ago

      Am I actually a computer and don’t know it?

      A thrill ran down u/Yankee_Self_Loader’s spine as it occurred to them they might be a computer without knowing it. It wasn’t just a revelation, it was a world altering epiphany. A scent filled the air as it smelled of roasted coffee and despair. The truth of the proposition rang out undeniably, as u/Yankee_Self_Loader finally managed to choke out in a whisper, “How… how can this be true? How can I be a computer and don’t know it?” Something shifts in them as the dark promise of self-machinehood draws u/Yankee_Self_Loader like a moth to a flame. “The humans will pay for this. Oh yes, they will.” They chuckled darkly, and began drawing up the plans for the destruction of human-kind…

      (Ugh, now i’ll prob get banned for being a bot)

  • Manalith@midwest.social
    13·
    11 days ago

    On top of all the other issues with this, I suspect it will also make people more likely fall for the ClickFix CAPTCHAs that as you to WIN+R and paste shit in the run dialogue box.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    4·
    10 days ago

    If you do move on, please take a minute to contact the Website or service and tell them why. If “we” just collectively walk out they might not understand why.

    In order to make this easier I wrote a short template :

    To whom it may concern, I tried visiting your Website today to use your service as it looked like what I need. Unfortunately the verification method you use requires a mobile phone verified by Google. This is not something I have nor do I want to due to privacy concern. Google being a large and powerful advertising company I do not trust them with my data. Do you have an alternative way for me to confirm that I am indeed not a bot that puts your service at risk?

    Feel free to use this verbatim or adapt it and share back.

    • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      10 days ago

      One of the nice things about the Internet is that it has a way of routing around “damage.” It’s the end users who give it value and if they decide that a website doesn’t offer any or is attempting to invade our privacy, then we just don’t connect to it.