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Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users (reclaimthenet.org)

submitted 3 months ago by iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 76 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So not only google is trying yo crush fdroid, they're also trying to crush anything without google services. I really wish the EU moved immediately on this one...

[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

And if AluminumOS succeeds, your desktop will succumb to the same thing, as Google will view Windows, Mac, and Linux as a threat at that point and do everything to stamp out all three.

Like, how soon before doing anything at all on desktop is considered 'suspicious activity' by Google?