By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026Public outrage to WEI killed the project, but Google's commitment to augmenting its illegal commercial lockdown efforts with *technical* lockdowns never ended. 45/ 160
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026Now, Google has rolled out an experimental "reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification" that uses an app, your camera, and your device's TPM or secure enclave to produce an attestation about your Android device: support.google.com/recaptcha/an... 46/support.google.comTroubleshoot reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification - reCAPTCHA HelpImportant: Mobile verification for Google Cloud Fraud Defense is an experimental challenge type in Preview. Visual and audio challenges 181
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026This will make it much easier for the apps and other services you interact with to block your device if you run an Android alternative, or if you install a mod that overrides the actions of Google's stock Android: www.reddit.com/r/PrivacySec... 47reddit.comFrom the PrivacySecurityOSINT community on RedditExplore this post and more from the PrivacySecurityOSINT community 1177
