https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AReCAPTCHA Talk:ReCAPTCHA - Revision history 2026-05-17T05:19:12Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.0 https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:ReCAPTCHA&diff=53240&oldid=prev 78.0.191.204: /* reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification "AI-resistant challenge" */ new section 2026-05-10T08:58:06Z <p><span class="autocomment">reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification &quot;AI-resistant challenge&quot;: </span> new section</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification &quot;AI-resistant challenge&quot; ==<br /> <br /> Here is a huge bombshell being shared around in libre spaces:<br /> <br /> https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users<br /> <br /> In summary, reCAPTCHA now serves a new form of CAPTCHA for IPs/devices flagged as bots (mobile, desktop, etc.), presenting itself as a QR code. The problem is, anyone who isn&#039;t using an Android/iOS phone with sufficiently updated Google Play Services, being de-Googled Android phones, Linux phones, feature phones, and having a complete lack thereof will get locked out.<br /> <br /> In fairness, the regular CAPTCHA still shows up, however, anyone who is unlucky to have their IP/device flagged and has to perform an action gated behind reCAPTCHA (login/register/anything else) could find themselves having to use this new flow.<br /> <br /> I think that previously, Google showed an infinite CAPTCHA or refused to even serve a CAPTCHA upon bot detection, so this should merely be a new way to regain clean status, right? This still sets a dangerous precedent, and only time will tell if this becomes the only way to solve the CAPTCHA and whether other CAPTCHA providers will incorporate something like this.<br /> <br /> This is part of a larger &quot;Google Cloud Fraud Defense&quot; program designed to &quot;verify the legitimacy of bots, humans, and AI agents&quot;:<br /> <br /> https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-google-cloud-fraud-defense-the-next-evolution-of-recaptcha/<br /> <br /> Reading into it, it isn&#039;t clear whether this measure is exclusively used to verify users&#039; use of AI agents (it doesn&#039;t appear that way), but regardless, this is now a feature of reCAPTCHA.</div> 78.0.191.204