Public outrage to WEI killed the project, but Google's commitment to augmenting its illegal commercial lockdown efforts with *technical* lockdowns never ended. Now, 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:
https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652
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Cory Doctorow
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2026-06-12 20:56:43 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…d8lx
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