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Just got this popup whilst trying to open a website using archive.is (lemmy.ml)

submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That really stinks. Does the audio version do anything different?

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago

I did not try it and have closed the window after the popup because it was too ridiculous. I was able to find an article about this, looks like the rollout started a week ago https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-qr-code-recaptcha-requires-approved-phone/