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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)
The fuck they will
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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It says in the docs:
"## 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."
So it seems you can just do a different task if you don't want to do the hand thing anyway.
Edit: obligatory F google still of course.
For now.
Also the last time I tried using the audio option on recaptcha it felt like a psychotic break.
Hahahahahaha nope.
"Rest assured, the video is TOTALLY deleted, bro... but we will take about 120 still screenshots per second as a backup."
"Oh weird, if you look at these screenshots real fast it's almost like they move, haha, fun!!"
People without hands suddenly non human
Do you guys not have stumps?
Not everyone
Do they have any idea the sheer volume of penis helicopters they are going to record by doing this?
Headlines in a year from now "Google's Contractor for Recaptcha Video Analysis suffering PTSD after seeing so many dicks and assholes"
Whenever I need to send a selfie picture for whatever fucked up reason, I always give them a photo of my middle finger
Fuck these websites, fuck you Google
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.
If they implement this for Gmail, it will be the reason I finally leave Gmail. That will be a PIA, though.
No they won't. If they try, I will leave the website.
🖕
I need that goatse image to show them when they ask. Maybe I can get Gemini it animate some of the fingers moving.
Better yet, make it so you can see a hand giving the middle finger inside the cavernous space.
I feel like something like yubikey that requires physical touch to the device would also fulfill this?
I don't trust that these photos and videos won't be used against us in some way later like advertising or tracking.
I'll flip bird
I feel like I see dire warnings like this every day, and then it never happens
I believe it now. Because Google is an ad company and ai threatens their revenue model.
Black electrical tape exists.