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Google will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your hand
(docs.cloud.google.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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Are webcams that ubiquitous nowadays? My monitors never had one, and I could never be arsed to buy an external one, but perhaps I'm the weird outlier here.
You're an outlier simply by being a desktop computer user instead of a laptop, phone, or tablet user.
the world would be a lot better if people went back to sitting at desks to use the computer/internet.