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I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)

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405 points blindgeek | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lupusreal ◴[18 Nov 24 14:33 UTC] No.42172579[source]▶
I hope AI stuff makes captchas completely obsolete soon. I am sick of them. The cure is worse than the disease.
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xdennis ◴[18 Nov 24 14:49 UTC] No.42172762[source]▶
But surely, it's only going to get worse: it will force the de-anonymization of the internet. You already have to provide a phone number for many services.

If websites can't trust that their users are authentic they will probably institute even more intrusive checks.

I haven't been optimistic about the future of technology for a while now. :'(

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rvnx ◴[18 Nov 24 15:00 UTC] No.42172888[source]▶
In the future I think we will again go to "notarization"/"attestation" of the operating system / hardware.

Essentially, the manufacturer of the device + operating system will generate a unique signature per each device, and web browsers will be able to access it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Environment_Integrity

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spacebanana7 ◴[18 Nov 24 15:26 UTC] No.42173214[source]▶
I'm very grateful the WEI proposals were put down. It'd have an enormous privacy impact on normal users, and not give that much protection against bad actors using device farms & similar tools.
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1. blindgeek ◴[18 Nov 24 16:01 UTC] No.42173646[source]▶
But the WEI proposals were never about protecting from bad actors with device farms. They were always about guaranteeing that a certain ad company who also makes browsers can always push ads to users, thus maximizing value for shareholders. Protecting from device farms was just the bait.