Archive.today requires scanning a QR code on your phone to use(archive.fo)
3 pointsby Cider99862 hours ago1 comment
  • Imustaskforhelp2 hours ago
    Can somebody give more details about it, Is this because of the recent re-captcha move by google that requires scanning QR code.

    I tried to go to an random archive.is link and do the captcha to access the website (atleast for now) but this is a dangerous precedent to set things up on if we require scanning QR codes on our phone to use internet websites.

    • Cider9986an hour ago
      I might email the webmaster. This is insanity. I know he purposefully puts the ReCaptcha on the higher setting, but at this point I would rather solve this captcha[1]. I don't know what the best solution is for these sites. Cloudflare and ReCaptcha are easily beaten by this browser[2], even on a VPN connection. Other anti detect browsers are not far behind. I wonder when regular users will start using these browsers for regular browsing, it is very convenient.

      [1] http://shnyhntww34phqoa6dcgnvps2yu7dlwzmy5lkvejwjdo6z7bmgshz...

      [2] https://github.com/CloakHQ/CloakBrowser

      • Imustaskforhelpan hour ago
        Cloudflare turnstile is handy for bots which aren't smart but any smart bots are okay with Cloudflare tunstile (which just require a very little bit of js)

        I didn't know that a browser could work with google recaptcha though.

        Now, the thing which I wish to ask is, has that google recaptcha change of qr code happened? Can you send me any screenshots where an archive link recaptcha is asking you for qr code.

        I had thought that this feature of google had time, I didn't know that it was already done. This is quite bad if google has already added it to recaptcha.