"Scan to Verify You're Human": Google's reCAPTCHA is trialing a new "experimental challenge type" which requires desktop users to use an Android or iOS device to be able to pass it

submitted by cm0002 to privacy 126 points | 17 comments > 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: OC writeup by @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml