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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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Exactly. Its what these companies do every time.
and there will be no punishment for it, because people are too lazy and stupid to stop using google, and government is to feckless and useless to properly hold megacorps accountable.
Bet they'll be "punished" by a 5 million dollar fine (which is like, couch money to google, and would probably be 0.005% of the money they made from doing it)