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[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Google does not retain any images or videos of a user's hand gestures beyond the verification process or use the data for any other purpose. Videos or images are automatically deleted after the challenge is complete.

janet-wink

[–] inari@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Pinky promise!*

Until the eventual change to its privacy policy to allow themselves to do it

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 40 points 1 day ago

I got a fucking hand gesture for you Google

[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any sites that uses this, I will not use any more. Fuck you Google

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 34 points 1 day ago

please drink verification can

[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

Accessibility

For users with accessibility needs who cannot use hand gestures to complete the challenge, reCAPTCHA continues to provide visual and audio challenges, and develop more accessible and secure alternatives.

A bone thrown our way, how long will this last? Anyway, fuck Google, as always.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which means you're not a human

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah. I've honestly figured this was the case for a long time

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago

Got your hand wave right here mother-jones

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago

This is something impossible to fake with AI

[–] miz@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

fuck this shit

[–] abc@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nothing on that page says it'll be forced upon you - it sounds like just another verification method alongside the regular reCAPTCHA ones.

I mean, I'm all for shitting on Google but I really doubt they're gonna prevent people who may not have a webcam from signing into Youtube as they need that sweet ad revenue. Others using Google's reCAPTCHA might but as someone else posted, the accessibility options that are available on any Google reCAPTCHA will remain so just click on the visually impaired option and listen to the robot read out a captcha for you if anything

it won't be for most users. it woll be for ones who opt out of optional / regulatory minimum data sharing, people connecting through VPNs, people using privacy focused browsers... basically the users they don't have entirely profiled with metadata.

by taking a few steps to adblock and maintain privacy, ive noticed i get a lot more verification"checkpoints" from websites that are basically built on data harvesting compared to people who take no precautions.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

if they continue to offer the standard audio and visual version for accessibility, why exactly are they offering this if it adds no benefit?