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99.999% of people don't give a shit and don't even know what this means. They'll follow the instructions. These are the same 99.999% of people who press win+R ctrl+V enter when the captcha prompts them to. Because do this to see the dancing bunnies.

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> press win+R ctrl+V

LOL is this real?

I guess yes, because yesterday ReCaptcha asked me to screenshot a QR-code with the mobilephone :-D

It is. There are fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs on pwned Wordpress sites that instruct users to run Powershell scripts.

It’s a common thing for malware. But people are going to be more likely to fall for it when mainstream sites ask you to complete weird tasks with your phone to verify your identity.

People are constantly made to jump through strange hoops to do things on the internet. Unless you're really keyed in to what's going on, it's easy to fall for stuff like that.

Yeah, this is going to turn into another malware vector, isn't it?

Discord has a feature where you can log into your account on your PC by scanning a code on your phone.

So does Binance.

So does Signal.

But Signal is secure(TM)!

But none of those options are requirements to access the service.

They're requirements to access my website though! To prove you're not a bot, scan this QR code - with Discord.

Those are good things though? They’re about logging in, on purpose.

Not about attesting to Google that you have a proper smartphone as a proxy for your humanity, like this thing.

To prove you're not a bot, scan this QR code with Discord.

They will do exactly as it says while also ceaselessly complaining, completely unable to connect their choice to use a website with the pain of using that website.

There's some sort of serious issue with learned helplessness or something

It's almost like some people aren't IT hobbyists.

I'm not a heart surgery hobbyist, therefore I don't chop people's chests open, no matter who suggests it.

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